Diogena denticulata Chopard, 1954

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 325-326

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6162887

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E40DC426-383C-FF80-FF24-F8CC9F9AFEB7

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scientific name

Diogena denticulata Chopard, 1954
status

 

Diogena denticulata Chopard, 1954

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Distribution. Eastern Africa (Ragge 1980)

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 900–1100 m.

Habitat. Tree savanna at the foothills of Mt Kilimanjaro; prefers Acacia trees where males start their calling song at the later afternoon and early night hours.

Records: 2

Remarks. The holotype is remarkably larger than the specimens collected on Mt Kilimanjaro. Studies on habitat and song are necessary to shed light on the Diogena species complex .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Phaneropteridae

Genus

Diogena

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