Eyprepocprifas insularis Donskoff, 1982
Monte Gordo grasshopper
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: October 1980 (Donskoff, 1982:348; Felix et al., 2025)
Rediscovered between: 23-28 January 2023 (Felix et al., 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
São Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands, Macaronesia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Donskoff, Michel. (1982). Un Acridien nouveau des Iles du Cap Vert: Eyprepocprifas insularis n. gen. et n. sp. [Orth. Acrididae]. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 87: 345-349. https://doi.org/10.3406/bsef.1982.18052
Other references:
Baez, M. and Oromí, P. (2005). Arthropoda, pp. 60-100. In: Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres). Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, Gobierno de Canarias.
Felix, Rob, Jacobs, Annelies and Lecoq, Michel. (2025). Rediscovery of the Monte Gordo Grasshopper Eyprepocprifas insularis: An ancient brachypterous species endemic to São Nicolau, Cape Verde (Orthoptera, Eyprepocnemidinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research 34(2): 159-168. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.144016
Lecoq, M. (1996). Primeira lista vermelha para os Acrídeos (lnsecta: Saltatoria). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 191: 87-88.