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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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1
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Horatosphaga meruensis
(Sjöstedt, 1909)
(
Fig. 9
E, F)
Distribution.
Endemic to savanna grasslands between Mts Meru and Kilimanjaro in
Tanzania
.
Described as
Plegmatoptera meruensis
from Mt Meru by Sjöstedt (1909).
Ecology and biology.
Adults found in January (Sjöstedt 1909). Hemp 2007.
Habitat.
Hemp 2007. Savanna grassland West Kilimanjaro.
Song.
Horatosphaga meruensis
males sing in the late afternoon and night hours. The song is faintly audible in the immediate surrounding and consists of a continuous series of syllables.
Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro
:
1300–1400 m
.
Records
: 4
Remarks.
Kevan (1950) recorded
H. meruensis
from Stony Athi and the Emali Range. Specimens from this area were described as
H. tenera
by Hemp (2007).