Tylopsis rubrescens Kirby, 1900

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

Tylopsis rubrescens Kirby, 1900

( Fig. 13 I)

Distribution. Tanzania (Sjöstedt 1909); widespread over tropical Africa (Ragge 1964). Described as T. meruensis from Mt Meru by Sjöstedt (1909). Recorded for Mt Kilimanjaro by Ragge (1964). Ecology and biology. Adults in January (Sjöstedt 1909). Adults found in January and February and April to

June on Mt Kilimanjaro.

Habitat. Savanna grasslands and ruderal vegetation, mainly at the eastern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro. Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 800 m (Ragge 1964). 900–1800 m. Records: 5

Figures

FIGURE 13. Phaneropterinae species of Kilimanjaro A – B. Male (A) and female (B) Melidia laminata Chopard, eastern slopes, tree savanna, Chala area, 1000 m C. Male Plangia graminea (Serville), southern slopes, plantation belt, 1430 m D – E. Phaneroptera sparsa (Stål), southern slopes, female (D) plantation belt 1430 m and male (E), bush in savanna grassland, colline zone eastern slopes F. Male Diogena denticulata Chopard on Acacia sp., eastern slopes, tree savanna, Chala area G. Female Terpnistria zebrata (Serville), on Acacia sp., southern slopes, plantation belt 1430 m H. Female Tylopsis dispar Sjöstedt, eastern slopes, savanna grassland, 1100 m, imitating bract leaves of Cyperus niveus I. Male Tylopsis rubrescens Kirby, savanna grassland, eastern slopes, 1000 m.