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Acanthoscirtes albostriatus Hemp 2012

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Description

Acanthoscirtes albostriatus Hemp, 2012

(Fig. 5 A)

Distribution. Tanzania; eastern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro; probably endemic to Mt Kilimanjaro.

Ecology and biology. Usually nymphs hatch with start of the long rains in April, adults in May and June. With sufficient precipitation (e.g. el nino events) also nymphs and adults present during the short rains from November to January.

Song. Continuous sequence of syllables, mostly in the ultrasonic range (Hemp et al. 2012).

Molecular phylogeny: Hemp et al. 2012. Acanthoscirtes and Fulvoscirtes are sister taxa and these form the sister group to the genus Phlesirtes.

Habitat. Savanna bush- and treelands intermingled with grassland on the foothills of East Kilimanjaro.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1000–1100 m

Records: 4

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 pages 313-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/215952

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Biodiversity

Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Acanthoscirtes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hemp
Species
albostriatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Acanthoscirtes albostriatus Hemp, 2012 sec. Hemp, 2013