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species Physocrobylus tessa Hochkirch, 1996

• Common name(s):  East Usambara Speckled Grasshopper
• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Submontane rainforest, in forbs at forest edges.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Hochkirch. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:53 >> Physocrobylus tessa    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46209
  • 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 124 >> Physocrobylus tessa
  • Hemp, C. 2021. Jour. Orth. Res. 30(1):6   >> Physocrobylus tessa
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, Tanga East Usambara Mountains, near Amani, street to Mbomole
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  MfN

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