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Horatosphaga meruensis Sjostedt 1909
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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).
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 323, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/215952
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Phaneropteridae
- Genus
- Horatosphaga
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Sjostedt
- Species
- meruensis
- Taxon rank
- species
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- Horatosphaga meruensis Sjostedt, 1909 sec. Hemp, 2013