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					Identification | 
			
			
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							| Current:  | 
							species Mecostibus sublaevis Karsch, 1896 | 
						 
						
							| Historical:  | 
							Mecostibus sublaevis; syntype of species Mecostibus sublaevis Karsch, 1896; cited by Karsch. 1896. Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 57:242-359 | 
						 
					 
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				| Specimen | 
			
			
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				Basis of record: not specified Counts: females 1 Depository: MfN Data source: not recorded Other: no data | 
			
			
				| Locality | 
			
			
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				East Tropical Africa, Tanzania; Modern (is included in map) | 
			
			
				| Collecting event | 
			
			
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				(No date recorded); P. Reichard | 
			
			
				| Images      
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				  female, lateral view (syntype)
   female, dorsal view (syntype)
   labels (syntype) | 
			
			
				| Sounds      
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				None | 
			
			
				| Ecological relationships      
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				None | 
			
			
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