Species Brachytrupes acuminipennis (Fairmaire, 1858) stat. rev. (Table 4)

Gryllus acuminipennis Fairmaire, 1858: p. 257

Type material: unspecified; central Africa, Gabon .

Description (Fairmaire 1858) Reddish, with a brown tint on the front of the head, the top and sides of the prothorax, lighter on the tegmina; hind femur thighs with short brown hatching, forming a longitudinal band above the middle, a brown spot before the end. Antennae longer than the body, reaching the end of the tegmina; forehead having, between the antennae, a slight impression with raised edges. Widely sinuate prothorax in the middle of the anterior border, on the disc a wide furrowed impression in the middle. Tegmina fairly long, acuminate, with strong veins. The four forelegs rather short and fairly robust, finely hairy; large and very robust hind femora, thigh much longer than tibia, very thick, sharp and somewhat leafy below; tibia armed, outside, with a double row of spins, and at the extremity with four very strong mobile spurs; first segment of hind tarsi almost twice as long as third, spiny above; the second almost hidden, very small; abdominal appendices half as long as the abdomen.

Distribution: Gabon