Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891)

Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2007, Studies on some Libyan species of Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), Zootaxa 1625, pp. 47-60 : 50-51

Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891)

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Pamphagus saharae Pictet and Saussure, 1891 , Mitt. Schweiz. ent. Ges., 8: 293. Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891) ; Kirby, 1910: syn . cat. Orth. vol. 3. Orth. salt. Part II. Locustidae vel Acridiidae . London: 350.

Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891) ; Dirsh, 1965, Afr. gen. Acrid, ALRC, 99.

Earlier recorded from Cyrenaica by Salfi (1925). This species can easily be identified by its pronotum with median carina elevated, crossed by posterior sulcus at posterior fourth, prosternal process with anterior margin truncated in the middle.

Material examined: Sebha Region: Samnu, 3 ɗ, 3Ψ, on vegetable, 10.vi.90. Localities: Cyrenaica: Marmarica; Fezzan: Samnu.

Distribution: Algeria, Libya.