Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)

(Fig. 2 D)

Distribution. Throughout southern and East Africa, south Asia to Japan (Chopard & Kevan 1954); West Malaysia, Java, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Australia (Pitkin 1980); Australia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Ingrisch 1999). Recorded for Kilimanjaro by Sjöstedt (1909).

Habitat. Plantation belt SW-Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909). Lush vegetation of coconut plantation, at 0 m a.s.l. wet grassland near Msala, Rufiji Delta, Tanzania (Kevan & Knipper 1961). On Mt Kilimanjaro very common in savanna and Hyparrhenia grasslands and ruderal vegetation; nymphs in the savanna and Hyparrhenia meadows, dispersion to higher altitudes when adults emerge.

Song. Continuous sequence of syllables, faintly audible with the unaided ear.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 900-1400- 1800 m.

Records: 86