Anoedopoda lamellata (Linné, 1758), Linne, 1758

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 321

Anoedopoda lamellata (Linné, 1758)

( Fig. 8 E, F)

Distribution. Tanzania; Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Meru (Sjöstedt 1909); South Africa (Eades & Otte 2012). Recorded from Mt Kilimanjaro by Sjöstedt (1909).

Ecology and biology. Adults in August, November (Sjöstedt 1909). Adults fround from September to December.

Song. Continuous series of syllables. Due to its very loud song very conspicuous species at night.

Habitat. At 0 m asl, in long grass on clearing of bush forest near Msala, Rufiji Delta, Tanzania (Kevan & Knippers 1961); plantation belt SW-Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909); submontane forest remnant and coffee-banana plantations on southern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1400–1500 m

Records: 2

Figures

FIGURE 8. Hexacentrinae, Meconematinae and Mecopodinae species of Kilimanjaro A – C. Aerotegmina kilimandjarica Hemp, montane forest, southern slopes, 1710 m A. Male B. Female. C. Male nymph, last instar D. Female Amytta olindo Hemp, lower border of montane forest, grassland, 1710 m. E – F. Anoedopoda lamellata (Linné), submontane riverine forest; Male (E) and female (F).