Gonatoxia maculata Karsch, 1888

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 328

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6162917
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scientific name	Gonatoxia maculata Karsch, 1888
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Distribution. Somalia (Karsch 1888); Kenya, Tanzania (specimens collection NHML).

Habitat. Canopy dweller in the planation belt on Mt Kilimanjaro.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1300–1400 m.

Records: 1

Remarks. Species rarely collected. Also on Mt Kilimanjaro very rare species. Size and shape of the dents on the tips of the male cerci is variable between the males checked in the NHM London, UK.

FIGURE 10. Phaneropterinae species of Kilimanjaro A – C. Arantia fasciata (Walker), female (A, B) and male nymph, southern slopes, plantation belt 1430 m (C) D. Male Gonatoxia maculata Karsch, southern slopes, plantation belt, 1430 m E – F. Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, southern slopes, plantation belt 1430 m, male (E), female (F).