Anacteana neavei burtti, Popov †, George B., Fishpool, Lincoln D. C. & Rowell, C. Hugh F., 2019

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 : 55

Anacteana neavei burtti subsp. n. Figs 91-93

Material.

-Holotype male: TANZANIA: Shinyanga, 5.xii.1947, E. Burtt (NHMUK). Paratypes: 5 males, 6 females, same data as the type; 6 males, 5 females, Shinyanga district, Tinde, ii.1945; 4 males, 5 females, Old Shinyanga, 25.XI.1950; 4 males, 5 females, Old Shinyanga, 25.XI.1950; 1 male, ditto, 22.VIII.1953; 1 female, ditto, 3.I.1959; 1 female, ditto, Block XI, 9.xii.1949; 1 male, 17 females, Ushorombo Road, 15 and 22 mi. W. Kahama, X, XI & XII, II. 1946-1948; 3 females, Mshugha, 35 mi. S.E. of Singida, 17. XII.1936; 1 female, Singida, 14 mi. N. of Kahama, 10. VIII.1953; l male, l female, Mpwapwa Mt. Wilkins 5500' [06°23'S, 36°38'E], 26.XI.1948; 1 male, 2 females, Mpwapwa, 29. XI.1948; l male, Kibariani, 3.XII.1948 (all E. Burtt); l male, Galata Station, 60 mi. W. of Amani [09°05'S, 38°36'E], 17.VII.1937; l female, Lake Rukwa, 1949, G. Burnett (Paratypes: NHMUK; MRAC Tervuren; MNHN Paris).

Description.

-Differs from the nominate subspecies in more slender build and, in the Shinyanga populations in particular, in smaller size. Antennae generally shorter and more dentate. Pronotum less inflated, with sharper, more distinct carinae (Figs 92, 93). The sternal plates, tegmina and genital structures (Fig. 91) also exhibit some differences from those in A. n. neavei . Coloration variable in shades of ochraceous, grey and darker charcoal-grey. There is often a broad, pale ochraceous dorsal stripe, particularly in males; the females are generally more uniformly colored. The underside is pale brownish, or fawn, often with fine dark speckling; lower sulcus of hind femur yellowish, tibiae dark-brown, spines tipped blackish-brown.

Measurements.

-In Table 7.

Distribution.

-N., C., and W. TANZANIA.