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

Diogena denticulata Chopard, 1954

( Fig. 13 F)

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.

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.