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subspecies Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis (Sjöstedt, 1910)

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  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  
   endemic to Mt Kilimanjaro, 1400–2200 m (mostly 1800–2000 m)
• Ecology:
  • Montane rain forest, undergrowth of shady plantations in submontane zone, grassy patches in plantations of montane zone and Bulbostylis grassland, montane forest edges and montane forest clearings.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (9):
  • Sjöstedt. 1910[1909]. In Sjöstedt [Ed.]. Abteilung 15-22. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt 3:139   >> Xiphidion kibonotense
  • Karny. 1912. Genera Insectorum 135:12   >> Conocephalus (Xiphidion) kibonotensis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16404
  • Karny. 1920. Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 70:27   >> Conocephalus kibonotensis
  • Otte, D. 1997. Orthoptera Species File 7:46 >> Conocephalus (Xiphidion) kibonotense
  • Hemp, C. & A. Hemp. 2003. Ecotropica 9:71-97   >> Conocephalus kibonotensis
  • Hemp, C., K.-G. Heller, Kehl, Warchalowska-Sliwa, J.W. Wägele & A. Hemp. 2010. Systematic Ent. 35:562 >> Phlesirtes kibonotensis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16407
  • Hemp, C., Kehl, K.-G. Heller, J.W. Wägele & A. Hemp. 2010. Systematic Ent. 35:589 >> Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16402
  • Hemp, C. 2013. Zootaxa 3613(4):316 >> Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis
  • Hemp, C. 2021. A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya 88 >> Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis
• See species kibonotensis for additional information.
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, Kilimandjaro, Kibonoto
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  NHRS Stockholm

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