This species is told from other Eurycorypha by the distinct pilosity of the legs, the rounded broad tegmina and dorsally convex lateral carinae of the pronotum.
Original description in:
Stål, C. 1857. Orthoptera från Kafferlandet. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar 13.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54172#page/180/mode/1up
Dirty yellow, thorax above flat, slightly longer than wide, broadly sinuous in front, broadly rounded posteriorly, lobes curved, flat, truncated at the front, rounded at the back; tegmina twice as long as abdomen, wide, elliptical, tegmina on the outer side less rounded than inside, densely punctate, green, veins sparse, yellowish; hind wings longer, tip green. Length 17 mm.
Type locality: Natal
Redescription & illustrations in:
Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. 2019. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4682.1.1
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D8878EFC2BD961CCFE56E5FE3533EB/4
Photos in OSF:
http://orthoptera.archive.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1136306
Distribution: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, NE South Africa, SW Mozambique
iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71124788
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