Anacteana neavei neavei (I. Bolivar , 1912) I. Bolivar, 1912

Popov †, George B., Fishpool, Lincoln D. C. & Rowell, C. Hugh F., 2019, A review of the Acridinae s. str. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Acrididae) of eastern Africa with taxonomic changes and description of new taxa, Journal of Orthoptera Research 28 (2), pp. 37-105 : 54-55

Anacteana neavei neavei (I. Bolivar, 1912) stat. n. Figs 68, 69-72, 94-96

Acteana neavei I. Bolívar, 1912: 79; Dirsh (1966: 38, fig. 194); Dirsh (1970: 421-2); Johnsen (1984: 302-304, figs 266A, B).

Material.

-Besides Holotype - D.R. CONGO (as CONGO Belge): Bunkeya-Lukafu, (Shelford Neave) (MRAC, Tervuren). TANZANIA: 1 male, 1 female Ufipa, 17-18.xi.1963, D. Vesey-Fitzgerald, (NHMUK); ZAMBIA: 3 females, Abercorn, 30.i.1962, D.V-Fitzgerald; Mporokose Dist, Mweru wa Ntipa, 3 males, 2 females, 8-13.vii.1952; 5 males, 3 females, 20.X.1957; l male, l female, shore of Lake Tanganyika 1942, E. Burtt (NHMUK); 1 male, 2 mi. E. of Abercorn, in dry Miombo woodland, 7.X.1964; 2 males, 1 female, env. of Kalambo falls, N. of Abercorn, Miombo woodland, 4.X.1964, N.D. Jago (NHMUK). ZAMBIA (cited by Johnsen (1984: 302-304)): Chingola, Kabundi forest, in grassland within Brachystegia - Isoberlinia woodland, adults: VI, X & XII 1952; 5 males, 3 females, 20. x.19S7; 1 male, 2 mi. E. of Mbala (as Abercorn), in dry Miombo woodland, 7.x. 1964; 2 males, 1 female, env. of Kalambo falls N. of Mbala (as Abercorn), Miombo woodland, 4.X.1964, N.D. Jago (NHMUK).

Description.

-Comparatively stout, integument finely and uniformly rugulose. Antenna as in Figs 69-72. Head and pronotum as in Fig. 95; frons straight in profile. Pronotum weakly inflated in the middle; carinae low, thick and indistinct; prozona/metazona ratio 2.0-2.3 (Fig. 94); sternal plates as in Figs 68C, D. Tegmen parallel-sided with rounded apex, 1.5-2x as long as wide. Hind femur moderately robust. Genital structures as in Fig. 96, structure of epiphallus and spermatheca are particularly diagnostic. Coloration predominantly in shades of ochraceous; dorsum and sides of head and thorax, including tegmina and hind tibiae darker, and the underside and the lower sulcus of hind femur of a lighter hue; tibial spines tipped black. Otherwise no distinctive markings.

Females more uniformly colored than males.

Measurements.

-In Table 7.

Distribution.

-Cited by Johnsen (1984): ZAMBIA: Chingola, Kabundi forest, in grassland within Brachystegia - Isoberlina woodland, adults: V–IX & XII. In Katanga Province of D.R. CONGO, it differs somewhat from specimens in northern ZAMBIA and the adjacent parts of TANZANIA (ca. 8°10' S, 31°33' E) particularly in its smaller size (17.5 mm vs. 18-22 mm) and shorter and broader tegmina (length-width ratio 1.5 vs. 2.1). However, such differences are also found in the other subspecies and in the absence of adequate material, taxonomic distinction is not required.