Montiaphthona Scherer, 1961
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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.
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