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species Parepistaurus hanangensis Hemp, 2010

• Common name(s):  Hanang Wigwag Grasshopper
• Images:
• Links:
  • The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• Distribution:
  •  
   Mount Hanang, 1900–2600 m
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Forest, forest edge and bushland.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Hemp, C. 2010. In Hemp, C. & Kehl. Taxonomic changes and new species of the flightless genus Parepistaurus Karsch, 1896 (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Coptacridinae) from mountainous East Africa. Jour. Orth. Res. 19(1):35   >> Parepistaurus hanangensis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:463508
  • Hemp, C., Kehl, Schultz, J.W. Wägele & A. Hemp. 2015. Systematic Ent. 40:17-34   >> Parepistaurus hanangensis
  • 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 110 >> Parepistaurus hanangensis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, Mount Hanang
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  MfN

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