Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 313

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6162781

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E40DC426-3828-FF95-FF24-FE9D9D38FC9A

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scientific name

Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)
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Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)

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Distribution. Throughout southern and East Africa, south Asia to Japan (Chopard & Kevan 1954); West Malaysia, Java, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Australia (Pitkin 1980); Australia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Ingrisch 1999). Recorded for Kilimanjaro by Sjöstedt (1909).

Habitat. Plantation belt SW-Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909). Lush vegetation of coconut plantation, at 0 m a.s.l. wet grassland near Msala, Rufiji Delta, Tanzania (Kevan & Knipper 1961). On Mt Kilimanjaro very common in savanna and Hyparrhenia grasslands and ruderal vegetation; nymphs in the savanna and Hyparrhenia meadows, dispersion to higher altitudes when adults emerge.

Song. Continuous sequence of syllables, faintly audible with the unaided ear.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 900-1400- 1800 m.

Records: 86

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