New genera, species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa Author Massa, Bruno text ZooKeys 2015 472 77 102 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.472.8575 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.472.8575 1313-2970-472-77 9B737D7BBDA24049B562A68052317B02 Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Phaneropteridae Genus Atlasacris Rehn, 1914 Remarks. The genus is characterized by fastigium of vertex compressed, narrower than first antennal segment, eyes circular, prominent, pronotum markedly selliform with posterior part of lateral lobes strongly inflated, surface smooth and matt, fore coxae may be armed with a small spine or not, femora unarmed, fore tibiae with open tympana on each side, fore wings reduced to short lobes, hind wings vestigial. The male mid tibiae have a much enlarged and up-curved ventral spur, its first tarsal segment is greatly enlarged, more than twice as that of fore legs, the female has not the inflated pronotum and is lacking spurs on mid tarsi ( Rehn 1914 , Ragge 1980 ).