Ducetia punctipennis, Chopard, 1938

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 327

Eurycorphya punctipennis Chopard, 1938

( Fig. 11 E)

Distribution. Kenya (Chopard 1938); Uganda, Tanzania (Hemp et al., 2013).

Habitat. Canopy dweller in the plantation belt and submontane forest on the southern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro.

Song. Hemp et al., 2013. Song consists of echemes with two parts, a first softer and shorter one and a second one being louder and longer. The song is produced in intervals of several minutes up to hours.

Chromosomes: Hemp et al., 2013.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1200–1500 m.

Records: 4

Figures

FIGURE 11. Phaneropterinae species of Kilimanjaro, genus Eurycorypha A, B. Eurycorypha combretoides Hemp, eastern slopes, on single Mango tree, 1000 m, male (A) and male ant-stage nymph (B) C, D. E. meruensis Sjöstedt, southern slopes, plantation belt, male (C) and male nymph (D) E. Male E. punctipenni s Chopard, southern slopes, riverine forest, 1300 m F. E. resonans Hemp, southern slopes, plantation belt, 1430 m G – I. E. varia Brunner von Wattenwyl, southern slopes, lower border of montane forest, 1710 m, male (G), female (H) and female nymph imitating lichens (I).