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Conocephalus (Megalotheca) phasma Gorochov & Llorente

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Conocephalus (Megalotheca) phasma Gorochov & Llorente del Moral, 2004

(Fig. 2 E, F)

Distribution. Tanzania (Gorochov & Llorente del Moral 2004).

Habitat. Savanna and Hyparrhenia grasslands on Mt Kilimanjaro.

Song. Continuous sequence of syllables, faintly audible with the unaided ear. Perceived mostly in the afternoon hours.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1000-1100- 1300-1400 m.

Records: 17

Remarks. Beside mostly brachypterous specimens (Fig. 2 E) also fully alate specimens were collected (Fig. 2 F). The species also occurs on the North Pare Mountains in analogous habitats as on Mt Kilimanjaro. It was found in grasslands on the northern slopes.

Notes

Published as part of Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, pp. 301-342 in Zootaxa 3613 (4) on page 313, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/215952

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Biodiversity

Family
Dryophthoridae
Genus
Conocephalus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Gorochov & Llorente
Species
phasma
Taxon rank
species