Eurycorypha combretoides Hemp, 2013

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 326-327

Eurycorypha combretoides Hemp, 2013

( Fig. 11 A, B)

Distribution. Tanzania, Rwanda (Hemp et al., 2013).

Habitat. Hemp et al., 2013. Tree savanna, especially on Combretum zeyheri , and on larger solitary trees in the cultivated colline zone at the eastern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro.

Song. Hemp et al., 2013. Song contains two different types of echemes, a louder and softer one. In the louder echeme a long syllable is followed first by a distinctly shorter one and later by an isolated impulse. Louder and softer echemes are produced in pure or mixed order at intervals of a few seconds. These series (typically 3 to 5 echemes) are separated by intervals of several minutes. However, the louder echemes are rarer and sometimes not heard for many minutes or hours.

Chromosomes: Hemp et al., 2013.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 800–1500 m.

Records: 12

Figures

FIGURE 11. Phaneropterinae species of Kilimanjaro, genus Eurycorypha A, B. Eurycorypha combretoides Hemp, eastern slopes, on single Mango tree, 1000 m, male (A) and male ant-stage nymph (B) C, D. E. meruensis Sjöstedt, southern slopes, plantation belt, male (C) and male nymph (D) E. Male E. punctipenni s Chopard, southern slopes, riverine forest, 1300 m F. E. resonans Hemp, southern slopes, plantation belt, 1430 m G – I. E. varia Brunner von Wattenwyl, southern slopes, lower border of montane forest, 1710 m, male (G), female (H) and female nymph imitating lichens (I).