Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 313

Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)

( Fig. 2 D)

Distribution. Throughout southern and East Africa, south Asia to Japan (Chopard & Kevan 1954); West Malaysia, Java, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Australia (Pitkin 1980); Australia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Ingrisch 1999). Recorded for Kilimanjaro by Sjöstedt (1909).

Habitat. Plantation belt SW-Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909). Lush vegetation of coconut plantation, at 0 m a.s.l. wet grassland near Msala, Rufiji Delta, Tanzania (Kevan & Knipper 1961). On Mt Kilimanjaro very common in savanna and Hyparrhenia grasslands and ruderal vegetation; nymphs in the savanna and Hyparrhenia meadows, dispersion to higher altitudes when adults emerge.

Song. Continuous sequence of syllables, faintly audible with the unaided ear.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 900-1400- 1800 m.

Records: 86

Figures

FIGURE 2. Conocephalinae, Agraeciini and Conocephalini species of Kilimanjaro. A – C. Afroagraecia brachyptera n. sp., submontane zone on the southern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro. A. Male B. Female C. Face of male Afroagraecia brachyptera n. sp. D. Female Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou), eastern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro, savanna grassland. E, F. Conocephalus (Megalotheca) phasma Gorochov & Llorente del Moral, 2004, savanna grassland on the eastern slopes; male (E) and female (F).