Ducetia punctipennis (Gerstäcker, 1869), Gerstacker, 1869

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

Ducetia punctipennis (Gerstäcker, 1869)

( Fig. 12 A)

Distribution. Kenya, Somalia (Ragge 1961a); Tanzania.

Habitat. Semi-desert areas of eastern Africa (Ragge 1961a). Roadside vegetation and in herbaceous vegetation of savanna grasslands at the eastern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1000–1100 m.

Records: 3

Figures

FIGURE 12. Phaneropterinae species of Kilimanjaro. A. Female Ducetia punctipennis (Gerstäcker), Chala area, savanna grasslands on herbs, 1000 m B. Female Corycomima sp., lower montane forest, southern slopes, 1710 m C – E. Lunidia viridis Hemp, lower montane forest, southern slopes, 1710 m, male (C), female (D), male nymph (E) F – I. Monticolaria kilimandjarica Sjöstedt, lower montane forest, southern slopes, 1710 m, male (F), male moulting at night (G), female (H), and male nymph (I).