Review of the African genus Digentia Stål, 1878 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Oxyinae)

By

Oumarou Ngoute, Charly
Rowell, C.H.F.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-1-7

Original Publication

Journal of orthoptera research : JOR

Volume

34

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

11--30

Subjects

Caelifera , grasshopper , new species , taxonomy , tropical forest

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Philadelphia, Penn Orthopterists' Society 1992-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.126949

 

Abstract

The genus Digentia Stål, 1878 currently has four described species from the tropical forest areas of West Central Africa. Here, we describe a new species, Digentia viridissimasp. nov., and its natural habitat in the swamps of the humid forests of southern Cameroon. Additionally, we include a description of Digentia punctatissima (Stål, 1875) and redescriptions of Digentia rufogeniculata (Bolívar, 1911), Digentia fasciataRamme 1929, and Digentia karnyiRamme 1929. We also provide a key to identify the species of the genus.