Revision of the East African grasshopper genus Kassongia with a description of a new, closely related taxon, Labidioloryma gen.n. (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Hemiacridinae)

Abstract

The African forest dwelling Hemiacridine grasshopper genus Kassongia 1. Bolivar, 1908, is revised. Keys are provided to the males of the species and subspecies. Three new species, maculifemur sp.n., rufogeniculata s p a . , subfuscata sp.n., and one subspecies, flavovittata microptera subsp.n., are described.Labidioloryma gen.n., with type-species Labidioloryma strictoforcepts sp.n. from Malawi, is described and allocated to the Loryma genusgroup (sensu Brown, 1959Brown, , 1973.

Traits and land transformation change the fortunes of grasshopper generalists vs. specialists in a biodiversity hotspot

“…Two traits, feeding preference and degree of mobility, were chosen to characterise species (Grunshaw, 1986;Bazelet & Samways, 2012). Traits of individual species were identified according to Dirsh (1965), Jago (1984), Johnsen (1984Johnsen ( , 1991, Grunshaw (1986), Bazelet & Samways (2012) and Cigliano et al (2016). For 10 out of the 37 species, traits were inferred from their closest relatives (mostly in the same genera) as no other information was available.…”

A Comparison of the Grasshopper Fauna (Orthoptera: Acridoidea & Eumastacoidea) of the Uluguru Mountains and the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

“…All species were identified in the field using the following publications: Ramme, 1929;Uvarov, 1953;Descamps, 1964Descamps, , 1973aDescamps, , 1973bDescamps, , 1977Dirsh, 1965Dirsh, , 1966Dirsh, , 1970Hollis, 1965Hollis, , 1968Hollis, , 1971Hollis, , 1975Jago, 1968Jago, , 1981Jago, , 1982Jago, , 1983Jago, , 1984Jago, , 1994aJago, , 1994bKevan 1974Kevan , 1977Johnsen & Forchhammer, 1975, Johnsen, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991Grunshaw, 1986Grunshaw, , 1991Grunshaw, , 1995Hochkirch, 1996b. Table 1 shows the species composition of the two regions.…”