Arantia fasciata (Walker, 1869)

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa, Zootaxa 3737 (4), pp. 301-350 : 334-336

Arantia fasciata (Walker, 1869)

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Distribution: Africa south of the Sahara.

Ecology & Biology: Arantia fasciata is often collected at light by night. In savanna habitats on Combretum zehyeri .

Habitat: Hemp (2005); Hemp (2013a). Canopy dweller.

Song: Arantia fasciata sings in the evening hours shortly after sunset. Its song of a few loud syllables is easily recognized produced from high trees (Hemp 2013a).

Remarks: In the zoological museum of Copenhagen a specimen of A. fasciata was studied differing in the spination of the hind legs. The genus Arantia is characterized by having outer spines on the hind femora while this specimen from Amani also had large spines of the inner side of the hind femora.