Cymatomerella

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

Cymatomerella sp.

( Fig. 14 D)

Distribution. Tanzania, Kenya.

Habitat. Tree savanna of eastern Kilimanjaro.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1000 m

Records: 1

Remarks. A new Cymatomerella species. Distinct because of its colour pattern of light and darker brown and green patches on the tegmina. Also with pairs of spines on the pronotum and a conspicuous lamellae-like process medially on the anterior margin and an elongated double-lobed posterior part of the pronotum. In the entomological collection of the Natural History Museum London a specimen of the same species is stored. It was collected in Tsavo West, Kilaguni, June 1980, Kenya.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Pseudophyllinae and Saginae species of Kilimanjaro. A – C. Acauloplax exigua Karsch, southern slopes, plantation belt, 1430 m, male (A), and females (B, C) D. Male Cymatomerella sp., eastern slopes, tree savanna 1000 m E – H. Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker), southern slopes, plantation belt 1430, male (E), female (F), female face (G), female nymph, last instar (H) I. Male Clonia jagoi Kaltenbach eastern slopes, savanna grassland, 1000 m.