Duronia chloronota phippsi, 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 : 57

Duronia chloronota phippsi subsp. n. Figs 97, 98, 105-107

Material.

-Holotype male: SIERRA LEONE, Kasewe Forest Reserve, 22.Xl.1964 NHMUK. 20 male, 20 female paratypes, same data, NHMUK.

Description.

-Differs from other subspecies in its more robust build and larger size. Proportionally longer and more expanded antennae; frontal ridge as in Fig. 107, markedly narrowed at junction with fastigium. Pronotum somewhat inflated, dorsum with strong, raised carinae; lateral carinae somewhat outflexed. Pronotal metazona length of prozona, its hind angle sharp, slightly attenuate (Figs 105, 106). Coloration deep green dorsally, brownish laterally with fine, sparse, dark speckling; hind wings hyaline to faintly yellowish basally, infumate apically. Size (in mm); total length: males, 22-25; females, 32-37.

Discussion.

-Habitat is moist grassland in forest clearings.