Glomeremus falcifer (Sjöstedt, 1909 ), Sjostedt, 1909

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 334-335

Glomeremus falcifer (Sjöstedt, 1909)

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Distribution. Mt Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909).

Described by Sjöstedt ( 1909) from Mt Kilimanjaro.

Ecology and biology. Adult in November (Sjöstedt 1909). Night active species in lower montane forest at the southern slopes. Collected in submontane bushland and banana-coffee plantations at 1300–1400 m throughout the year.

Habitat. Plantation belt SW-Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909). Common in bushland and the plantation belt in submontane elevations; also collected at lower border of montane forest.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1300–1700 m

Records: 3

Remarks. Specimens resembling G. falcifer were also collected in submontane-montane forest in the South Pare Mountains, the West and East Usambara Mountains. Further studies have to show whether all these mountain ranges harbour a single species or whether a complex of closely related species is present in the area.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Gryllacrididae of Kilimanjaro A. Ametroides nigrifacies (Sjöstedt), eastern slopes, tree savanna, 1000 m B – D. Glomeremus kilimandjaricus (Sjöstedt), southern slopes, Msaranga valley, from bushes at night, 1400 m E. Glomeremus falcifer (Sjöstedt), lower montane forest, in bush and tree layer at night, 1710 m F. Strictogryllacris cf. pallidus, southern slopes, Msaranga valley, from bushes at night, 1400 m.