Tylopsis dispar Sjöstedt, 1909

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 331-332

Tylopsis dispar Sjöstedt, 1909

( Fig. 13 H)

Distribution. Tanzania (Sjöstedt 1909; Kevan 1955); East Africa (Chopard & Kevan 1954). Described from Mt Meru and Mt Kilimanjaro by Sjöstedt (1909).

Ecology and biology. Adult in December (Sjöstedt 1909). Adults found from November to March, and in June at Mt Kilimanjaro.

Habitat. Dry bush savanna at Chimala, Tanzania (Kevan & Knipper 1961). Plantation belt SW-Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909). Savanna grasslands at the eastern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro. Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1000–1100– 1300 m.

Records: 7

Figures

FIGURE 13. Phaneropterinae species of Kilimanjaro A – B. Male (A) and female (B) Melidia laminata Chopard, eastern slopes, tree savanna, Chala area, 1000 m C. Male Plangia graminea (Serville), southern slopes, plantation belt, 1430 m D – E. Phaneroptera sparsa (Stål), southern slopes, female (D) plantation belt 1430 m and male (E), bush in savanna grassland, colline zone eastern slopes F. Male Diogena denticulata Chopard on Acacia sp., eastern slopes, tree savanna, Chala area G. Female Terpnistria zebrata (Serville), on Acacia sp., southern slopes, plantation belt 1430 m H. Female Tylopsis dispar Sjöstedt, eastern slopes, savanna grassland, 1100 m, imitating bract leaves of Cyperus niveus I. Male Tylopsis rubrescens Kirby, savanna grassland, eastern slopes, 1000 m.