Chortoscirtes pseudomeruensis Hemp, 2009

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 315

Chortoscirtes pseudomeruensis Hemp, 2009

( Fig. 5 B)

Distribution. Tanzania; Mt Kilimanjaro

Habitat. Savanna and Hyparrhenia grasslands; endemic on the eastern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro (Hemp et al. 2010a).

Song. See C. meruensis and Hemp et al. 2010a.

Molecular phylogeny: See C. meruensis and Hemp et al. 2010a, Hemp et al. 2012.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1000–1100– 1300 m.

Records: 27

Figures

FIGURE 5. Karniellina (Conocephalinae, Conocephalini) of Mt Kilimanjaro. A. Female Acanthoscirtes albostriatus Hemp, eastern slopes, savanna grassland, 1000 m. B. Male Chortoscirtes pseudomeruensis Hemp, savanna grassland eastern slope, 1100 m. C. Male Fulvoscirtes fulvus fulvus Hemp, submontane zone, grassy road side eastern slopes, 1450 m. D, E. Male and female Fulvoscirtes kilimandjaricus (Sjöstedt); submontane grassland southern slopes, 1430 m. F. Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis (Sjöstedt), ruderal vegetation along montane forest road at southern slopes, 1800 m.