Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa
Author
Hemp, Claudia
text
Zootaxa
2013
3737
4
301
350
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.1
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Parapyrrhicia zanzibarica
Brunner
von Wattenwyl, 1891
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
Orthoptera
.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:10859
Distribution
:
Tanzania
, East Usambara, Uluguru and Nguru Mountains, south
Tanzania
near Lake
Malawi
(Ragge 1980). Coastal
Tanzania
.
Ecology & Biology
:
P. zanzibarica
specimens were shaken from understory trees along the Zigi Trail at the foothills of the East Usambara Mountains in
March 2012
. In
December 2011
only some nymphs were found at the same locality.
Habitat
: Coastal, lowland and submontane forest.
Remarks:
The spirit collection of the zoological museum in Copenhagen holds specimens of this species from the Bagamoyo District, Laraminge-Kiono (swamp) and the
Kisarawe
district, Kazimzumbwi forest reserve near Dar es Salaam collected by FRONTIER
Tanzania
.