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species Mecostibus burtti Dirsh, 1957

• Common name(s):  Kingolwera Shortheaded Grasshopper
• Images:
• Links:
  • The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Dirsh. 1957. Publ. Cult. Comp. Diamant. Angola 34:72, 79 >> Mecostibus burtti    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:45941
  • Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 157 >> Mecostibus burtti
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:128 >> Mecostibus burtti
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae 183 >> Mecostibus burtti
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, Morogoro, Kingolwera
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

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