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species Parepistaurus deses Karsch, 1896

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• Distribution:
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   Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru, 1000-2200 m
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Submontane and montane forest, forest edges, and coffee-banana plantations.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (12):
  • Karsch. 1896. Stett. Entomol. Z. 57:305   >> Parepistaurus deses    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46302
  • 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 3:190   >> Parepistaurus deses
  • Bruner, L. 1910. Reise in Ostafrika 2:639   >> Parepistaurus deses?
  • Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 277 >> Parepistaurus deses
  • Chopard. 1958. Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar (E) 10:36 >> Parepistaurus deses
  • Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 244 >> Parepistaurus deses
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:178 >> Parepistaurus deses
  • Green, S.V. 1998. Tropical Zoology 11:269   >> Note: redescription >> Parepistaurus deses deses
  • Hemp, C. & A. Hemp. 2003. Ecotropica 9:71-97   >> Parepistaurus deses deses
  • Hemp, C. 2009. Jour. Orth. Res. 18(2):197   >> Parepistaurus deses
  • Hemp, C., Kehl, Schultz, J.W. Wägele & A. Hemp. 2015. Systematic Ent. 40:17-34   >> Parepistaurus deses
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 108 >> Parepistaurus deses
• Type specimen information:
  • There are multiple primary types, see specimen data for details.

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