Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Tettigoniidae

Ruspolia differens (Serville, 1838)

Material examined.

Seychelles, Silhouette Is. 27.VI-3.VII.1988, F.A. Repetti (1♂) (MSNG).

Distribution.

Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Zaire, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rhodesia, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Madagascar (Bailey 1975, Bailey and McCrae 1978).

Remarks.

Ruspolia differens is a very widespread species throughout tropical Africa, including also some islands of the Indian Ocean. Its presence in the Seychelles archipelago is possibly explained as a passive importation.