Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Author
Hemp, Claudia
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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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Conocephalus (Conocephalus) conocephalus
(Linné, 1767)
Distribution.
Whole afrotropical region, in Palaearctic from S Europe and
Anatolia
(Naskrecki & Ünal 1995). Recorded for Kilimanjaro by Redtenbacher (1891) and Sjöstedt (1909).
Habitat.
At 0 m asl, wet grassland near Msala, Rufiji Delta,
Tanzania
(Kevan & Knipper 1961); Hemp C. 2005. Moist savanna grasslands, swampy areas, road sides with lush vegetation, rare in
Hyparrhenia
grasslands on Mt Kilimanjaro.
Song.
Continuous sequence of syllables, faintly audible with the unaided ear.
Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro
:
900–1400 m
.
Records
: 17