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Spalacomimus verruciferus Karsch 1887
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Spalacomimus verruciferus (Karsch, 1887)
(Fig. 7 C)
Distribution. Tanzania, Kenya (Sjöstedt 1909), Uganda (Eades & Otte 2012).
Recorded for Kilimanjaro by Sjöstedt (1909) from the northern slopes.
Habitat. Savanna bushland at Mt Kilimanjaro.
Song. Continuous sequence of syllables, produced only at night from bushes of 1–2 m height. Clearly audible from a distance of 10– 15 m.
Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 900–1000 m.
Records: 2
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 320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/215952
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Genus
- Spalacomimus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Karsch
- Species
- verruciferus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Spalacomimus verruciferus Karsch, 1887 sec. Hemp, 2013