Eurycorypha resonans 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 : 327

Eurycorypha resonans Hemp, 2013

( Fig. 11 F)

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

Habitat. Canopy dweller in the plantation belt and submontane forest on the southern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro.

Song. Hemp et al., 2013. E. resonans produces a distinctly different song as all other known Eurycorypha species, a resonant, gryllid-like type of song for which is was named. It consists of two different types of echemes, one with two syllables and the other with many syllables. A polysyllabic echeme contains 9 to 21 syllables, with syllable periods of 26 to 54 ms. Each syllable consists of one pulse.

Chromosomes: Hemp et al., 2013.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1300–1700 m.

Records: 3

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).