Sumba punctata Uvarov, 1953

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 : 50

Sumba punctata Uvarov, 1953

Sumba punctata Uvarov, 1953: 133, figs 145, 146.

Material.

-Holotype male: ANGOLA: Moxico dist. (NHMUK).

Description.

-As in Key 1. Of medium size, rather slender. Integument shiny, coarsely punctured. Antenna slightly longer than combined length of head and pronotum. Frontal ridge rather thick, not sulcate, expanded above medial ocellus. Fastigium parabolic, about as wide as long, medial carinula distinct, arcuate sulcus well behind middle. Pronotal carinae thick, callose, but lateral carinae obsolete in metazona; metazona slightly shorter than prozona, its hind angle narrowly rounded. Tegmina extend beyond hind knees, venation sparse. Coloration uniformly buff with some scattered brown dots, particularly on face; sides of head and thorax somewhat darker. Wings hyaline. Table 4 gives morphometric data for punctata .

Discussion.

-A distinctive species only known from Angola and male holotype (females unknown).

Distribution.

-Known only from locality of unique holotype. ANGOLA, Moxico distr., Upper Luena valley.