Hetrodinae

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 318

Subfamily Hetrodinae

Most species of the Hetrodinae of Mt Kilimanjaro are probably not sufficiently represented in this study. First, species of this group are seasonal and secondly active at night. During the day the specimens hide themselves. Few specimens where obtained by chance by digging in the soil (e.g. Spalacomimus verruciferus ), or were found crawling about after heavy rain (e.g. Spalacomimus stettinensis ). Males may easily be collected at night when they cling to shrubs and small trees performing their loud monotonous calling song. However, only few savanna areas were screened at night.