Lamecosoma inermis Ragge, 1961

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 323

Lamecosoma inermis Ragge, 1961

( Fig. 9 G)

Distribution. Kenya (Ragge 1961b); Tanzania (Hemp 2002).

Habitat. Hemp 2002. Savanna grasslands on the eastern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro, rarely on Hyparrhenia grasslands.

Song. L. inermis males sing during the night hours. The song consists of a short swelling verse, ended abruptly at its loudest point. Males are perceived only in the immediate surrounding of 1– 2 m.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1000–1100– 1400 m.

Records: 15

Figures

FIGURE 9. Phaneropterinae species of Kilimanjaro, Acrometopini A, B. Altihoratosphaga montivaga (Sjöstedt), western slopes, Lerongo, 1500 m, male (A) and female (B) C, D. Horatosphaga heteromorpha (Karsch), grassy patches in plantation belt southern slopes, 1430 m, male (C) and female (D) E, F. Horatosphaga meruensis (Sjöstedt), western slopes, savanna grasslands, 1300 m, male (E) and female (F) G. Male Lamecosoma inermis Ragge, savanna grasslands, eastern slopes, 1000 m H, I. Peronura clavigera Karsch, eastern slopes, savanna grasslands on herbs, male (H) and female (I).