Coryphosima amplificata (Johnston, 1937), res. stat. et

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 : 68

Coryphosima amplificata (Johnston, 1937), res. stat. et comb. n. Figs 147, 148

Paracomacris amplificata Johnston, 1937: 217-8, f. l.

Coryphosima amplificata (Johnston, 1937) (syn. Dirsh 1956).

Gymnobothroides amplificata amplificata Jago, 1968: 1, 3, 11.

Rastafaria amplificata amplificata Bouvy, 1982: 430, f. 68, 69, 87.

Material.

-Known only from type series. KENYA: Mt. Kenya, V, Juniper- Podocarpus zone (NHMUK).

Description.

-Size slightly smaller than other species in group. Size (in mm): males 12-13, females 17.5-22.0. Antennae about 1.5x the length of head and pronotum, basal segments slightly flattened and expanded. Frontal ridge broad, shallowly concave with thick, nearly parallel margins. Fastigium of vertex (Fig. 147), carinulae and margins distinct; foveolae represented by shallow pitting. Pronotum (Fig. 148) weakly tectiform, lateral carinae distinct, subparallel in prozona, weakly divergent and partly obsolescent in metazona, interrupted by typical sulcus only. General coloration contrasting chestnut-black and cream; dorsum of pronotum cream, without dark marking; the dark band along the lateral lobes is weaker than in other species and is usually confined to narrow fasciae along the upper margin and below the middle of the lobe, the intervening area clear or with faint dark speckling. Discoidal area of tegmina with a black band and sometimes, more often in females, with a yellowish speculum. Abdomen with broad black lateral band attenuating apically. Outer face of hind femora suffused with black; lower face reddish, knees black.

Distribution.

-KENYA: Mt. Kenya.