Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 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 : 327

Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1909

( Fig. 11 C, D)

Distribution. Common species in East Africa (Chopard & Kevan 1954).

Described from Mt Meru by Sjöstedt (1909).

Ecology and biology. Attracted to light (Chopard & Kevan 1954). Adults in November (Sjöstedt 1909). Probably present throughout the year, adults being collected in June, October and very most frequently in November to March.

Habitat. Hemp C. 2005. Hemp et al., 2013. Common in coffee-banana plantations of the submontane and more rarely the montane zone. Also in submontane forests to the lower border of the montane forest at Mt Kilimanjaro.

Chromosomes: Hemp et al., 2013.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1300–1900 m.

Records: 6

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).