Acanthoscirtes albostriatus Hemp, 2012

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 313-314

Acanthoscirtes albostriatus Hemp, 2012

( Fig. 5 A)

Distribution. Tanzania; eastern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro; probably endemic to Mt Kilimanjaro.

Ecology and biology. Usually nymphs hatch with start of the long rains in April, adults in May and June. With sufficient precipitation (e.g. el nino events) also nymphs and adults present during the short rains from November to January.

Song. Continuous sequence of syllables, mostly in the ultrasonic range (Hemp et al. 2012).

Molecular phylogeny: Hemp et al. 2012. Acanthoscirtes and Fulvoscirtes are sister taxa and these form the sister group to the genus Phlesirtes .

Habitat. Savanna bush- and treelands intermingled with grassland on the foothills of East Kilimanjaro.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1000–1100 m

Records: 4

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.