Glyphoclonus miripennis Karsch, 1896

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 : 41

Glyphoclonus miripennis Karsch, 1896 Fig. 14

Glyphoclonus miripennis Karsch 1896: 250.

Description.

-The generic description applies. Bases of hind wings in mature adult dark red, yellow, or orange. Abdominal tergites banded in dark blue.

Distribution.

-Found principally in the African Sahel region, from SENEGAL to CHAD, but also occurs in D.R. CONGO, MALAWI, and UGANDA: Adjumani and W. Busoga.

Biology.

- Fishpool and Popov (1984) record the species in MALI as being gramnivorous and mesophilous. In Uganda it occurs in dry grass savanna.