Montiaphthona Scherer, 1961 Figs 68214-215338

References.

Scherer 1961: 282; 1962a: 17; Biondi and D’Alessandro 2003: 98; 2010a: 410.

Type species.

Montiaphthona monticola Scherer, 1961: 285 (Kivu: Mont Muhi), by original designation.

Distribution.

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Republic of South Africa (!) [Mpumalanga, Mount Sheba (BAQ)], Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda (Fig. 338)

Ecology.

The species of this genus generally live at altitudes above 2,500 m in mixed bamboo forests.

Notes.

Six species have been described.