Brachytrupes vastator ( Burmeister, 1838 ), 2023

Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Nyobe, Philene Corinne Aude Um & Kekeunou, Sevilor, 2023, Taxonomy review of the genus Brachytrupes (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) with the description of a new species and key to the species, Zootaxa 5336 (3), pp. 373-388 : 381

Species Brachytrupes vastator ( Burmeister, 1838) stat. rev. ( Table 2 )

Gryllus vastator Burmeister, 1838: p. 735

The description of this species is very short and poor (“fulvus, supra obscurior; fronte refusa, supra antennas tiispinosa, spinulis lateralibus ocelliferis. Long, corp.1 1/2” = yellow, darker above; front blunt, above antennae trispinous, lateral spines ocelliferous. Body length 38 mm). The type seems to be lost. Without additional material from the type locality, Sierra Leone, the species cannot be included in the key nor determined if any of the later described medium-sized species have to be synonymized.

Distribution: Sierra Leone.