Duronia chloronota curta (Uvarov, 1953), stat. n. 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 : 57

Duronia chloronota curta (Uvarov, 1953), stat. n. et comb. n.

Duronia curta Uvarov, 1953: 144-145, figs 174-175.

Material.

-Type material and others in NHMUK, London.

Description.

-Differs from nominate subspecies in its smaller size but proportionately more robust build, shorter rounded head, and thick, practically parallel lateral carinae of pronotum. Coloration as in nominate subspecies. Size (in mm); total length: males, 22-2; females, 32-37.

Discussion.

-South African species are intermediate with nominate subspp.

Distribution.

-SOUTH AFRICA (former Natal, Orange Free State, and Cape Province), ZIMBABWE.