Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Author
Hemp, Claudia
text
Zootaxa
2013
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4
301
342
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1
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1175-5326
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Eurycorypha resonans
Hemp, 2013
(
Fig. 11
F)
Distribution.
Kenya
,
Tanzania
(Hemp
et al.
, 2013).
Habitat.
Canopy dweller in the plantation belt and submontane forest on the southern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro.
Song.
Hemp
et al
., 2013.
E. resonans
produces a distinctly different song as all other known
Eurycorypha
species, a resonant, gryllid-like
type
of song for which is was named. It consists of two different
types
of echemes, one with two syllables and the other with many syllables. A polysyllabic echeme contains 9 to 21 syllables, with syllable periods of 26 to 54 ms. Each syllable consists of one pulse.
Chromosomes:
Hemp
et al
., 2013.
Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro
:
1300–1700 m
.
Records
: 3