Taxonomy of Podoscirtinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Part 13: new taxa of the subtribe Podoscirtina from Africa
Author
Gorochov, A. V.
text
Zoosystematica Rossica
2021
Zoosyst. Rossica
2021-06-03
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http://dx.doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2021.30.1.64
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Brevitrella africana
(Walker, 1869)
,
comb.nov.
Material examined
.
South Africa
:
1 male
, “
Port Elizabeth
91-69” (
ZIN
)
;
1 female
, “
40 km
N
Richerds Ban
”,
20–31.I.2006
(
ZIN
)
;
3 males
, “
Natal
,
Dukuduku For.
[est]
Res.
[erve]”,
II.1971
,
H. Brown
,
D. Wessels
& E.
Koster
(
SANC
)
;
1 female
, “
Natal
,
Cape
Vidal
,
St. Lucia
”,
25.II.1971
,
H. Brown
&
E. Koster
(
SANC
)
;
1 female
, “OOS-Londen SE 3327BB”,
10.IV.1994
, H.
Van Vuuren
(
SANC
)
.
Remarks
. This species, described as
Platydactylus africanus
Walker, 1869
from “Pt Natal 55.96” and “Pt Natal 58/13” in
South Africa
and synonymised with
Platydactylus fuliginosus
Walker, 1869
from “Pt Natal 58/13” (
Gorochov, 2004
), was included by
Chopard (1968)
in the genus
Kilimagryllus
. However, this species is very similar and closely related to
B. madagascarica
and undoubtedly belongs to the same genus. Here,
B. africana
is recorded from additional new localities in
South Africa
.