Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique
Author
Naskrecki, Piotr
Author
Guta, Ricardo
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-04
4682
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4682.1.1
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Tylopsis bilineolata
(Serville, 1838)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
Orthoptera
.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:7776
(
Figs. 25L, M
,
52
J–L)
Diagnostic remarks.
Similar to
T. continua
but easy to distinguish by the shape of the male cercus (
Fig. 25L
), proportionately longer legs, and the lack of the dark brown stripe on the dorsal side of the body (
Fig. 25M
).
Bioacoustics.
The call of
T. bilineolata
is a series of single syllables, produced at the rate of about 1 syllable/s (at 23°C); mean syllable duration is
0.03577 s
(SD=0.004492, n=18); the peak frequency of the call is 16.4–21.6 kHz (
Figs. 52
J–L).
Distribution and natural history.
T. bilineolata
is has been recorded from most of sub-Saharan Africa and
Madagascar
(
Ragge 1964
). It is found in open, dry savanna habitats, albeit it is decidedly less common in central
Mozambique
than
T. continua
.
Material examined
(
2 specimens
).
Mozambique
:
Sofala
,
Gorongosa
, GNP,
Picada
4 by
Sungue
channel, elev.
24 m
(
-18.89667
,
34.39299
),
6.ii.2018
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 male
(
EOWL
)
;
Gorongosa
Dist., GNP, Chitengo, elev.
29 m
(
-18.98194
,
34.35122
),
30.i.–13.ii.2014
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 male
(
EOWL
)
.