New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae) Author Massa, Bruno 0000-0003-2127-0715 Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale Scienze 13, 90128 Palermo, Italy (retired) - bruno. massa @ unipa. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2127 - 0715 bruno.massa@unipa.it text Fragmenta entomologica 2022 2022-05-15 54 1 27 44 http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/725 journal article 10.13133/2284-4880/725 2284-4880 8148093 Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015 Material examined . Zambia : Redcliff Zambezi Lodge , Luangwa 15°38’34.2”S 30°16’32.9”E Actinic Light Trap 11-17.III.2019 , V . Dérozier, M . Imakando, W . Miles, L . Mulvaney ( 9♂ , 1♀ ) ( ANHRT , 1♂ in BMPC ) . Measurements (in mm) . Males. Body length: 14.9- 17.5; length of pronotum: 3.2-3.5; height of pronotum: 2.7-2.9; length of tegmina: 21.9-22.8; width of tegmina: 3.5-4.0; length of hind femora: 16.4-17.1. Females. Body length: 16.9; length of pronotum: 3.2; height of pronotum: 2.7; length of tegmina: 26.3; width of tegmina: 4.0; length of hind femora: 19.6; length of ovipositor: 5.0. Remarks . M. claudiae ( Figs 10c, 10d , 11b, 11g , 11l ) was described from Democratic Republic of Congo from two males ( Massa 2015 ); further measurements of this species taken at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences have been reported by Massa (2017) ; the new series from Zambia allowed a new comparison with M. brunneri and with the new species below described.