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Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910

African Oblong-eyed Katydid

Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910: 2011. male (Kilimanjaro, Kidia). (Otu).
Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910: 2011. male (Kilimanjaro, Kidia). (Otu).
Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910: 2011. male (Kilimanajaro, Kidia). (Otu).
Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910: 2011. male (Kilimanjaro, Kidia). (Otu).
Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910: 2011. male (Kilimanjaro, Kidia). (Otu).
Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910: 2011. female (Kilimanjaro, Kidia, 1430 m). (Otu).
Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910: 2011. female (Kilimanjaro, Kidia, 1430 m). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1529761; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529761; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529761; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529761; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529761; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529761; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948: male abdomen tip, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529761; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948: male abomen tip, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529761; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948: male abdomen tip (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529761; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); United Republic of Tanzania: Arusha: Meru Plains

Nomenclature (10)

  • Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910: 134.

    Holotype; male; a71668c0-578e-481b-abda-d764246ce948; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); United Republic of Tanzania: Arusha: Meru Plains

  • Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910 in Chopard, 1921: 29.
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  • Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910 in Heller & Hemp, 2020: 607.
  • Eurycorypha meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910 in Hemp, 2021: 241.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Chopard, L. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1954) Orthoptera-Ensifera from Kenya and Jubaland. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 105, 315–353.
  • Chopard, L. (1921) Orthoptères. In Voyage dans l'Afrique orientale anglaise 1912-1915. pp. 64 pp., 2 pl.
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  • Chopard, L. (1938) Mission scientifique de l'Omo: Orthoptera I. Dictyoptera, Phasmodea, Ensifera. Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 8, 89–134. Available at http://archive.org/details/biostor-253873/mode/2up
  • Heller, K.-G. & Hemp, C. (2020) Hyperdiverse songs, duetting, and the roles of intra- and intersexual selection in the acoustic communication of the genus Eurycorypha. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 20, 597–617.
  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Zootaxa, 3613(4), 301–342.
  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa. Zootaxa, 3737(4), 301–350.
  • Hemp, C. (2021) In A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg. 451 pp.
  • Hemp, C., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Grzywacz, B. & Hemp, A. (2013) Biogeography, ecology, acoustics and chromosomes of East African Eurycorypha Stål species (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae) with the description of new species. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 6. Locustodea. In 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. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 125–148. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/241/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1933) Orthopterentypen im Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm 4. Tettigoniidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 13, 1–30.
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Common in submontane forest and coffee and banana plantations, less common in montane forest.

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