Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species Author Simeu-Noutchom, Alain Zoology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon Author Heller, Klaus-Gerhard Bahnhof Triesdorf 8, 91732 Merkendorf, Germany Author Affa’A, Glwadys Zang 0000-0002-8338-0576 Zoology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon & gzangaffaa @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8338 - 0576 gzangaffaa@gmail.com Author Wandji, Alain Christel 0000-0002-4394-9502 Zoology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon & wandjichristel @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4394 - 9502 wandjichristel@gmail.com Author Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun 0000-0001-5327-1638 Zoology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon & marcellenzike @ yahoo. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5327 - 1638 marcellenzike@yahoo.fr text Zootaxa 2022 2022-09-16 5188 2 133 144 journal article 147465 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3 4ac632bf-e2fe-4662-8060-e83ad829c703 1175-5326 7087512 A4DEEDB4-87CE-4B33-81A9-721D9D9AEC22 Species Macroscirtus acutipennis ( Karsch, 1886 ) Figs. 1 , 6 ; Table 3 Type material: syntypes ( 1 ♂ , 4 ♀♀ ), West-Central Tropical Africa , Angola , Cabinda. « Chinchoxo » . MfN . Description ( Fig. 1 ): Yellow-brown, bright body. Tegmina scarcely exceeding abdomen, with a pointed apex, raised lower margin, and slightly rounded upper ( Fig. 1a ). Hind wings reaching a third of the length of the tegmina. Front femur unarmed, hind femur very elongated, armed with spines 7 outward and, 5-8 inward. The front and hind legs yellowish at the tips, with spines on both sides. Distribution ( Fig. 6 ) : Angola ( type locality, Griffini 1908 : Loagna assumed to be in Angola based on internet information), Nigeria , Ibadan ( Eluwa, 1970 , 1972 ), Central African Republic , Dzanga-Sangha ( Massa, 2020 ).