Parapyrrhicia zanzibarica Brunner

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa, Zootaxa 3737 (4), pp. 301-350 : 341

Parapyrrhicia zanzibarica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891

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Distribution: Tanzania, East Usambara, Uluguru and Nguru Mountains, south Tanzania near Lake Malawi (Ragge 1980). Coastal Tanzania.

Ecology & Biology: P. zanzibarica specimens were shaken from understory trees along the Zigi Trail at the foothills of the East Usambara Mountains in March 2012. In December 2011 only some nymphs were found at the same locality.

Habitat: Coastal, lowland and submontane forest.

Remarks: The spirit collection of the zoological museum in Copenhagen holds specimens of this species from the Bagamoyo District, Laraminge-Kiono (swamp) and the Kisarawe district, Kazimzumbwi forest reserve near Dar es Salaam collected by FRONTIER Tanzania.