Glomeremus falcifer Sjostedt 1909

Glomeremus falcifer (Sjöstedt, 1909)

(Fig. 15 E)

Distribution. Mt Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909).

Described by Sjöstedt (1909) from Mt Kilimanjaro.

Ecology and biology. Adult in November (Sjöstedt 1909). Night active species in lower montane forest at the southern slopes. Collected in submontane bushland and banana-coffee plantations at 1300–1400 m throughout the year.

Habitat. Plantation belt SW-Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909). Common in bushland and the plantation belt in submontane elevations; also collected at lower border of montane forest.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1300–1700 m

Records: 3

Remarks. Specimens resembling G. falcifer were also collected in submontane-montane forest in the South Pare Mountains, the West and East Usambara Mountains. Further studies have to show whether all these mountain ranges harbour a single species or whether a complex of closely related species is present in the area.