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Conocephalus (Anisoptera) brevicercus Karsch 1893

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Conocephalus (Anisoptera) brevicercus (Karsch, 1893)

Distribution. Mt Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909); West-Africa (Eades & Otte 2012).

Recorded from Mt Kilimanjaro by Sjöstedt (1909).

Habitat. Plantation belt SW-Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909).

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1300–1900 m (labels specimens Sjöstedt, collection Stockholm).

Records: 0

Remarks. The entomological collection in Stockholm stores two male specimens of this species, collected from Mt Kilimanjaro by Sjöstedt (labelled Kibonoto, 1300–1900 m, 1905–6). In the field C. (A.) brevicercus closely resembles C. (A.) maculatus in habitus and coloration. Only close examination of the male cerci helps to differentiate these two species. Although many C. (A.) maculatus were collected and checked C. (A.) brevicercus was never encountered during the study.

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 312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/215952

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Karsch
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dryophthoridae
Genus
Conocephalus
Species
brevicercus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) brevicercus Karsch, 1893 sec. Hemp, 2013