Eurycorypha varia Brunner

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 328

Eurycorypha varia Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1891

( Fig. 11 G–I)

Distribution. Sudan (Werner in Sjöstedt 1909); East Africa, including Turkana (Chopard 1954).

Described from Kilimanjaro by Brunner v. Wattenwyl (1891) and recorded again by Sjöstedt (1909).

Ecology and biology. Hemp et al. 2010d & 2013. Adults in January (Sjöstedt 1909). Males attracted to light (Chopard & Kevan 1954). Adults found from September to April. Many nymphs in December. Feeding on Agauria salicifolia at the lower border of the montane forest at the southern slopes. In captivity feeding on Morus sp. and Rubus sp.

Habitat. Thorn bush country (Chopard & Kevan 1954). Plantation belt SW-Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909). Hemp C. 2005. Submontane and montane coffee-banana plantations, submontane and montane forest on Mt Kilimanjaro.

Song. Hemp et al., 2013. A complex song with combinations of soft and loud parts. The female responds to the male song.

Chromosomes: Hemp et al. 2010d; Hemp et al., 2013.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1000–1400– 1700–2200 m.

Records: 14

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).