Glomeremus falcifer (Sjöstedt, 1909), Sjostedt, 1909

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 334-335

Glomeremus falcifer (Sjöstedt, 1909)

( Fig. 15 E)

Distribution. Mt Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909).

Described by Sjöstedt (1909) from Mt Kilimanjaro.

Ecology and biology. Adult in November (Sjöstedt 1909). Night active species in lower montane forest at the southern slopes. Collected in submontane bushland and banana-coffee plantations at 1300–1400 m throughout the year.

Habitat. Plantation belt SW-Kilimanjaro (Sjöstedt 1909). Common in bushland and the plantation belt in submontane elevations; also collected at lower border of montane forest.

Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1300–1700 m

Records: 3

Remarks. Specimens resembling G. falcifer were also collected in submontane-montane forest in the South Pare Mountains, the West and East Usambara Mountains. Further studies have to show whether all these mountain ranges harbour a single species or whether a complex of closely related species is present in the area.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Gryllacrididae of Kilimanjaro A. Ametroides nigrifacies (Sjöstedt), eastern slopes, tree savanna, 1000 m B – D. Glomeremus kilimandjaricus (Sjöstedt), southern slopes, Msaranga valley, from bushes at night, 1400 m E. Glomeremus falcifer (Sjöstedt), lower montane forest, in bush and tree layer at night, 1710 m F. Strictogryllacris cf. pallidus, southern slopes, Msaranga valley, from bushes at night, 1400 m.