Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 332

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scientific name	Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891
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( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 A–C)

Distribution. East Africa; Kilimanjaro, Ukami Mts., Kitui Distr. (Beier 1954); Morogoro, Dar-es-Salaam

( Tanzania); Voi ( Kenya), Zimbabwe, Zaire (collection NHML).

Recorded from Mt Kilimanjaro by Brunner v. Wattenwyl (1895), Beier (1954) and Kevan (1955). Ecology and biology. Adults were found throughout the year on Mt Kilimanjaro. Habitat. Hemp C. 2005. Common species in the tree layer of the plantation belt of Mt Kilimanjaro. Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1000–1700 m.

Records: 5

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FIGURE 14. Pseudophyllinae and Saginae species of Kilimanjaro. A – C. Acauloplax exigua Karsch, southern slopes, plantation belt, 1430 m, male (A), and females (B, C) D. Male Cymatomerella sp., eastern slopes, tree savanna 1000 m E – H. Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker), southern slopes, plantation belt 1430, male (E), female (F), female face (G), female nymph, last instar (H) I. Male Clonia jagoi Kaltenbach eastern slopes, savanna grassland, 1000 m.