Ritchiella uvarovi (Sjöstedt, 1924), Sjostedt, 1924

Felix, Rob P. W. H. & Massa, Bruno, 2016, Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia, Zootaxa 4189 (1), pp. 1-59 : 44

Ritchiella uvarovi (Sjöstedt, 1924)

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Material examined. TANZANIA: Manow (1♀ paralectotype, NMH) ; ETHIOPIA: SNNPR, Keffa , Hana Wetland (2425 m), 19.IV.2015, R.P.W.H. Felix & B. Massa (1Ƌ, RFPC) .

Distribution. This species is known from Tanzania and Cameroon. Firstly recorded for Ethiopia. Habitat. The specimen was collected in a bushy edge of a high altitude marsh land ( Figure 3 b).

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FIGURE 3. Habitats at collecting sites. a: Komba Forest (1860 m); b: Hana Wetland (2425 m); c: Bamboo Forest (2620 m).

FIGURE 38. Ritchiella uvarovi, Hana Wetland (2425 m), Ethiopia (same specimen). Scale bar represents 1 cm.