Phaneroptera sparsa Stål, 1857

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 : 340

Phaneroptera sparsa Stål, 1857

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Distribution: Arabian Peninsula, Canary Islands, Palestine, Socotra, Morocco, Western Sahara and most of Africa south of the 15°N line of latitude (Ragge 1956; 1980).

Ecology & Biology. A species with a broad ecological niche found in all kind of habitats with bushes and trees from the coast to the montane zone of mountains. In the East Usambara Mountains P. sparsa prefers clearings and ruderal vegetation, e.g. along roadsides.