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E95487D1FFA4CD10FF3EF94C473EFF6F.text	E95487D1FFA4CD10FF3EF94C473EFF6F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macroscirtus acutipennis (Karsch 1886)	<div><p>Species Macroscirtus acutipennis (Karsch, 1886)</p> <p>Figs. 1, 6; Table 3</p> <p>Type material: syntypes (1 ♂, 4 ♀♀), West-Central Tropical Africa, Angola, Cabinda. « Chinchoxo ». MfN.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA4CD10FF3EF94C473EFF6F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard;Affa’A, Glwadys Zang;Wandji, Alain Christel;Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun (2022): Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5188 (2): 133-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3
E95487D1FFA4CD1AFF3EFB7F47C1F815.text	E95487D1FFA4CD1AFF3EFB7F47C1F815.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macroscirtus Pictet 1888	<div><p>Genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888</p> <p>Synonym Macroscyrtus Bolívar, 1893.</p> <p>The name Euthypoda Karsch 1886 with the type species E. difformis, designated by monotypy in Karsch 1892, is a junior synonym of Vetralla [quadrata] Walker 1869 (Kirby 1891). The type species designation of E. acutipennis by Kirby (1906) is invalid.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Macroscirtus can be separated from the other genera of Mecopodinae by the following combination of characters: fastigium of vertex about 2 times broader than antennal scapus; prosternum armed; tegmina longer than pronotum but not reach mid of hind femora; hind wings reduced or nearly missing. Male tegminal stridulatory organs missing except possibly in M. acutipennis, which has at least asymmetrical tegmina.</p> <p>Tentative key to the species of the genus Macroscirtus</p> <p>1 Male tegmina completely symmetrical, rounded at apex, without stridulatory organ................................. 2</p> <p>- Male tegmina asymmetrical, pointed at apex, with stridulatory organ........................ Macroscirtus acutipennis</p> <p>2 Pronotal disc bright yellowish........................................................................... 3</p> <p>- Pronotal disc dark brown............................................................................... 4</p> <p>3 Tegmina longer than half of abdomen..................................................... Macroscirtus bicolor</p> <p>- Tegmina not longer than half of abdomen......................................... Macroscirtus brunneotestaceus</p> <p>4 Hind wings more than two third as long as tegmina...................................... Macroscirtus brevipennis</p> <p>- Hind wings about half as long as tegmina.................................................................. 5</p> <p>5 Hind femora completely brown; subgenital indentation edge little or more concave............... Macroscirtus kanguroo</p> <p>- Hind femora with mottled brown external face, internal and ventral faces completely pale yellow; subgenital indentation edge straight................................................................... Macroscirtus kekeunoui sp. nov.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA4CD1AFF3EFB7F47C1F815	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard;Affa’A, Glwadys Zang;Wandji, Alain Christel;Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun (2022): Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5188 (2): 133-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3
E95487D1FFA7CD10FF3EFBBF40A3F9E3.text	E95487D1FFA7CD10FF3EFBBF40A3F9E3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macroscirtus bicolor Bolivar 1893	<div><p>Species Macroscirtus bicolor Bolívar, 1893</p> <p>Fig. 6; Table 3</p> <p>Synonym Macroscyrtus bicolor Bolívar, 1893 (Bolívar, 1893)</p> <p>Type material: syntype ♀, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Ivory Coast. Museum Madrid (Paris &amp; Hemp, in press)</p> <p>Description: Pitch brown, with the vertex and back of the pronotum dirty yellow. Pronotum punctate, rounded on the sides, with the lateral carinae somewhat pronounced on the metazone, the latter having more than half the length of the prozone; lateral lobes shiny black, pitted, but with small smooth spaces, pronotal disc bright yellowish. Tegmina acuminate, less pointed than in Macroscirtus acutipennis, but more rounded than in Macroscirtus kanguroo Pictet. Hind wings absent or extremely small. Anterior tibiae showing above on the external edge, two small spines; below, they have six spines on each side, or even seven on the outer side; intermediate ones are armed above with two spines on the external side and three internally. Forelegs yellowish. The abdomen is smooth and somewhat keeled in the median line above; this carina, extending posteriorly, forms a small tooth on each segment. Ovipositor very long, smooth and slightly curved upwards at the end.</p> <p>Distribution (Fig. 6): Ivory Coast, Assinie-Mafia.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA7CD10FF3EFBBF40A3F9E3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard;Affa’A, Glwadys Zang;Wandji, Alain Christel;Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun (2022): Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5188 (2): 133-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3
E95487D1FFA7CD11FF3EF9104711FF0B.text	E95487D1FFA7CD11FF3EF9104711FF0B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macroscirtus brevipennis Redtenbacher 1892	<div><p>Macroscirtus brevipennis Redtenbacher, 1892</p> <p>Fig. 6; Tables 3</p> <p>Type material: holotype ♀, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Sierre Leone. NMW.</p> <p>Description: Body dark. Back of the head and pronotum shelled, brown or black on both sides. Tegmina scarcely exceeding abdomen, narrow, rounded at the apex, brownish, sparsely and palely brown-stained. Hind wings narrow, slightly shorter than tegmina. Testaceous front legs with a single external spine drawn above; brownishrusty hind tibia. Fore femur brown, unarmed; hind femur very thickened at the base, transversely areolate on the outside, with a raised line, shiny, well arranged in longitudinal section, paler below, and armed with 4-5 spines on each side at the apical half. Ovipositor ferruginous.</p> <p>Distribution (Fig. 6): Sierra Leone (type locality); Equatorial Guinea, Cabo San Juan, (Bolivar, 1906).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA7CD11FF3EF9104711FF0B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard;Affa’A, Glwadys Zang;Wandji, Alain Christel;Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun (2022): Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5188 (2): 133-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3
E95487D1FFA6CD16FF3EFE8E4129FC83.text	E95487D1FFA6CD16FF3EFE8E4129FC83.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macroscirtus brunneotestaceus (Chopard 1954)	<div><p>Macroscirtus brunneotestaceus (Chopard, 1954)</p> <p>Fig. 2, 6; Table 3</p> <p>Synonym Euthypoda brunneotestacea Chopard, 1954 (Chopard, 1954)</p> <p>Type material: holotype ♂, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Ivory Coast, Mt. Nimba, primary forest. MNHN Paris.</p> <p>Description (Table 3), (Fig. 2): Body large, light brown above, very dark on the sides, shiny, hairless. The head is slightly convex, with some large pitting; the colour limit between the top and sides is clear, following the internal edge of the antenna pits; fastigium vertex very wide, with parallel edges, slightly keeled, slightly concave above with a small median keel; convex apex. Face slightly marbled, brownish, the top of the broad facial crest with parallel edges, separated from the fastigium vertex by a deep furrow. Eyes small, but rather prominent, rounded; ocellus invisible. Antennae slender, testaceous. Palps brownish; 4 th segment of the maxillary palpi very short, 5 th long, barely widened at the top.</p> <p>Pronotum with straight anterior edge, posterior edge slightly convex; pronotal disc bright yellowish, almost flat, with very sparse punctuation, two slightly more marked impressions near the anterior edge and a transverse furrow in posterior third; lateral lobes high, dark brown, boundary with light colour of the disc forming a re-entrant angle on the prozone; sinuate lower edge, very rounded posterior angle, coarsely pitted surface (Fig. 2d). Prosternum with long and strong spines; meso and metasternum with short-weakly angular lobes. Abdomen yellowish brown, tergites keeled in the middle and showing a small projecting angle at the posterior edge; 10 th tergite short, slightly indented at posterior edge, with rounded angles; rounded epiproct; subgenital plate very elongated, with parallel edges; apex deeply and angularly notched, lobes slightly rounded at apex; zero styles (Fig. 2c). Cerci not exceeding half of the subgenital plate, rather thick at the base, abruptly thinned and curved at right angles towards apical third, apex ending in a fine short point.</p> <p>Fore and mid legs long, with color of the light part of the body; femur weakly keeled towards apex, the middle ones armed with a small spine at the internal genicular lobe; anterior tibiae perforated by two oval eardrums, furrowed above, armed with 3 very small external spines, 2 internal, brown at the base, and 2 apical spurs; below 5 external spines, 6 slightly longer internal ones, and also 2 apical spurs. Intermediate tibiae with 4 external spines, 5 internal above, 6 on each side below, 4 apical spurs; tarsi with 1st and 2nd articles very short, 3 rd very enlarged, 4 th measures the length of the first two joined together; claws short and fairly thick. Hind femur very thick at the base, abruptly thinned towards the middle, with a dark brown external face, a bit rough, rather strongly keeled in the middle; lower edges armed in the apical half with 2 external and 4 internal spines; genicular lobes armed with a small spine.</p> <p>Tegmina not exceeding half of the 3 rd abdominal tergite, rounded at the apex (Fig. 2a,b); dorsal field flat, thick, light brown with a brown spot near the inner edge, with faint veins on a coarsely pitted and weakly reticulate background; venation similar on both tegmina, comprising a single thick rib on the awn (R + M) bifurcated towards apical third, and a weaker rib (Cu) dividing tegmina obliquely; base thick, punctate, without trace of stridulatory field; lateral field very poorly developed, darker than dorsal field, showing only weak Sc vein, straight and simple, coarsely punctate and reticulate. Wings completely aborted.</p> <p>Female larger, but similar to male. Female subgenital plate rounded at the posterior edge, rather strongly keeled on the median line. Oviscapt long, almost straight, acute at the apex, with smooth edges (Fig. 2b).</p> <p>Distribution (Fig. 6): Ivory Coast, Mt. Nimba (type locality), Man, Mt. Tonkoui (1171m), Mt. Nimba camp (Massa et al. 2021); Guinea: Southeast Guinea (Naskrecki, 2006)</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA6CD16FF3EFE8E4129FC83	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard;Affa’A, Glwadys Zang;Wandji, Alain Christel;Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun (2022): Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5188 (2): 133-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3
E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFC07434AFB1B.text	E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFC07434AFB1B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macroscirtus kanguroo Pictet. Hind 1888	<div><p>Species Macroscirtus kanguroo Pictet, 1888</p> <p>Figs. 3, 4, 6; Tables 1, 3</p> <p>Type material: syntypes (2♂♂ Mus. Geneve (Hollier, 2011)), type locality: Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Gabon.</p> <p>According to Art. 45.6.4 (ICZN, 2000) both Macroscyrtus kanguroo variety insularis Griffini, 1906 (Griffini, 1906), and Macroscirtus kanguroo variety joannis Bolívar, 1906 (Bolívar, 1906) have to be considered as valid subspecies.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFC07434AFB1B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard;Affa’A, Glwadys Zang;Wandji, Alain Christel;Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun (2022): Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5188 (2): 133-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3
E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFAD246F0FA7B.text	E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFAD246F0FA7B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macroscirtus kanguroo subsp. joannis Bolivar 1906	<div><p>Macroscirtus kanguroo joannis Bolívar, 1906</p> <p>Figs 3, 4; Table 1</p> <p>Type material: syntypes (1 ♀ MNCN (Paris, 1994)), Equatorial Guinea, Cabo San Juan.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFAD246F0FA7B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard;Affa’A, Glwadys Zang;Wandji, Alain Christel;Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun (2022): Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5188 (2): 133-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3
E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFB4246A1FA8B.text	E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFB4246A1FA8B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macroscyrtus kanguroo subsp. insularis Griffini 1906	<div><p>Macroscyrtus kanguroo insularis Griffini, 1906</p> <p>Table 1</p> <p>Type material: syntypes (1 ♂, 3 ♀♀), Equatorial Guinea, Bioko (Fernando Poo, Punta Frailes).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFB4246A1FA8B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard;Affa’A, Glwadys Zang;Wandji, Alain Christel;Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun (2022): Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5188 (2): 133-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3
E95487D1FFA1CD17FF3EFA654077FEA7.text	E95487D1FFA1CD17FF3EFA654077FEA7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macroscirtus kanguroo subsp. kanguroo Pictet 1888	<div><p>Macroscirtus kanguroo kanguroo Pictet, 1888</p> <p>Material studied: ♂ Cameroon, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=12.000981&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=2.9993677" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 12.000981/lat 2.9993677)">Akonolinga forest</a> (N 2° 59’ 57.724’’; E 12° 0’ 3.534’’)</p> <p>Description (Table 1), (Fig. 3) (Fig. 4) (largely based on Cameroon material): Body dark brown, somewhat mottled with light yellow; head 1.4 longer than wide (Table 1), weakly globose; fastigium fairly wide, slightly protuberant, yellowish. Eyes rounded, protruding, 4.9 mm apart, ocellus visible between compound eyes, on the front’ extension of a yellow spot (Fig. 3f) (Fig. 4c). Antennae thin, 3 times longer than the body. Pronotum little longer than wide (Table 1), with a straight anterior edge, slightly concave posterior edge; meso- and metanotum protruding and with a pointed apex, slightly angular (Fig. 4d). Abdomen brown to black; subgenital plate elongated upward, 2.2 times longer than cerci (Table 1), indentation 2 times deeper than broad, indentation edge little or more concave; styles almost nil. Cerci not reaching half of the subgenital plate, rather thick at the base, abruptly thinned, curved laterally and internally towards the apical third, the apex ending in fine points and cross (Fig. 3c) or almost touching (Fig. 4b). Fore and mid legs long, reddish brown to black. Fore tibia usually with 3-4 spines on either sides, sometimes inwardly unarmed; Posterior legs strongly developed, hind femurs robust, almost long as tibia, with mottled yellow external face and reddish brown internal face; lower edges armed with 4 external and 5 internal spines in the apical half; hind tibia almost as long as the femur (Table 1), bearing on average 16 spines both on its internal and external face. Tegmina dark brown with some yellow spots, exceeding beyond the abdomen, rounded at the apex, weakly veined, comprising a single thick vein dividing the tegmina obliquely (Figs 3a, b). Hind wings reaching half of tegmina (Fig. 4d).</p> <p>Distribution (Fig. 6): Gabon (Pictet 1888, Coll. Brunner; Kirby 1896); Ghana: Ashanti (Redtenbacher, 1892); Cameroon, Lolodorf (Bruner, 1922)</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA1CD17FF3EFA654077FEA7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard;Affa’A, Glwadys Zang;Wandji, Alain Christel;Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun (2022): Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5188 (2): 133-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3
E95487D1FFA3CD15FF3EFB78463DF8B8.text	E95487D1FFA3CD15FF3EFB78463DF8B8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Macroscirtus kekeunoui Simeu-Noutchom & Heller & Affa’A & Wandji & Nzike 2022	<div><p>Macroscirtus kekeunoui Simeu-Noutchom &amp; Heller sp. nov.</p> <p>Figs. 5, 6; Tables 2, 3</p> <p>Material examined. Holotype ♂: Cameroon, Mpem and Djim National Park, secondary forest, coll. SIMEU NOUTCHOM Alain.</p> <p>Paratypes. 4 ♂♂, 4♀♀ Cameroon, Mpem and Djim National Park, secondary forest,coll. SIMEU NOUTCHOM Alain.</p> <p>All types in reference collection of Zoology Laboratory, University of Yaoundé I.</p> <p>Diagnose. Similar to M. kanguroo, but hind femora with mottled brown external face, internal face completely pale yellow (completely dark in kanguroo); subgenital plate indentation edge straight.</p> <p>Etymology. Named to honor Prof. Kekeunou Sévilor for his great contributions to insect ecology and taxonomy research in Cameroon.</p> <p>Description (Table 2), (Fig. 5): Male. Body large, brown to black, somewhat mottled with light yellow. Head 1.5 longer than wide, weakly globose; fastigium fairly wide, slightly protuberant, yellowish. Eyes rounded, protruding, 4.12 mm apart, ocellus visible between compound eyes, on the front’ extension of a yellow spot (Fig. 5). Antennae thin, 2.2 times longer than the body. Pronotum as long as wide, with a straight anterior edge, slightly concave posterior edge; meso and metanotum protruding and with a pointed apex, slightly angular.Abdomen brown to black; subgenital plate elongated horizontally, twice as long as the cerci, apex deeply and angularly notched, indentation 1.6 times deeper than broad, indentation edge straight; styles almost nil. Cerci not exceeding half of the subgenital plate, rather thick at the base, abruptly thinned, curved laterally and internally towards the apical third, apex ending in fine points, not touching. Fore and mid legs long, brown to black. Posterior legs strongly developed, hind femurs robust, with mottled brown external face and entirely pale yellow internal and ventral face (Fig. 5); lower edges armed with 5 external and 4 internal spines in apical half; hind tibia almost as long as the femur, bearing on average 15±2 spines both on its internal and external faces. Tegmina exceeding half of abdomen, but not reaching penultimate abdominal segment, rounded at apex, light brown with some yellow spots, weakly veined, comprising a single thick vein dividing the tegmina obliquely. Hind wings reaching almost half of the tegmina.</p> <p>Female. Similar to male, but slightly larger. Tegmina and hind legs more developed in the female than in the male (Table 2). Ovipositor long, slightly curved, sharp at the apex, with smooth edges.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA3CD15FF3EFB78463DF8B8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard;Affa’A, Glwadys Zang;Wandji, Alain Christel;Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun	Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun (2022): Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5188 (2): 133-144, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3
