Coryphosima stenoptera colorata, 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 : 65-66

Coryphosima stenoptera colorata subsp. n. Figs 151-153

Material.

-Holotype male: ETHIOPIA: West of Mendi-Alendi-Asosa road, 1400 m. 17-20.IX.1976, Jago. All paratypes— 5 males, 1 female, same data as holotype; female, West of Nejo, 2200 m 16-19.IX.1976, Jago (NHMUK).

Description.

-Size close to nominate subspecies from lowland and mid altitude areas, males l7 mm, females 20-23 mm. General build slightly more slender, integument smoother, fastigium of vertex narrower (Fig. 152) and antennae longer (Fig. 153)-9 mm instead of average of 7 mm in male, but most striking difference is in coloration (discolored in dry specimens): in male antennae black; upper half of body in shades of brown, dorsum paler and upper sides of thorax dark chocolate-brown (Fig. 151) (contrasting with broad white stripe below which extends from gena to base of hind femur); abdomen with pale blue below in life; red undersides to hind femur and tibia with a ferruginous orange tinge; hind knee and adjacent part of tibia brownish-black, without a sub-basal pale ring. Hind wings hyaline, somewhat infumate apically. Coloration in females more subdued.

Discussion.

-Habitat among long grass in shade adjacent to riverine woodland in marshy valley at 4,600 ft (1,400 m). Accompanied by Amesotropis spp., with Oxya hyla , Rastafaria abessinica , and Orthochtha spp. in adjacent swamp hollow.

Distribution.

-ETHIOPIAN highlands.