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Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910)

Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910): female (southern Kilimanjaro, Nkweseko). (Otu).
Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910): female (southern Kilimanjaro, Nkweseko). (Otu).
Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910): male (southern Kilimanjaro, Nkweseko). (Otu).
Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910): male (northern Kilimanjaro, Mosha Farm, 1880 m). (Otu).
Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910): male (northern Kilimanjaro, Mosha Farm, 1880 m). (Otu).
Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910): male (northern Kilimanjaro, Mosha Farm, 1880 m). (Otu).
Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910): male nymph (northern Kilimanjaro, Mosha Farm, 1880 m). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1502486; 4f8ca8cc-b519-4cdc-897a-79890c6fe0da: male, lateral view (possibly syntype or paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502486; 4f8ca8cc-b519-4cdc-897a-79890c6fe0da: male, dorsal view (possibly syntype or paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502486; 4f8ca8cc-b519-4cdc-897a-79890c6fe0da: male, frontal view (possibly syntype or paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502486; 4f8ca8cc-b519-4cdc-897a-79890c6fe0da: male abdominal apex (possibly syntype or paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502486; 4f8ca8cc-b519-4cdc-897a-79890c6fe0da: labels (possibly syntype or paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: male, lateral view (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: male, lateral view (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: male, dorsal view (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: male, dorsal view (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: male, frontal view (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: male subgenital plate (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: male cerci (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: male cerci (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529603; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7: labels (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Xiphidion merumontanum Sjöstedt, 1910: 139.

    Holotype; male; 03359bb8-aa0b-4544-977a-92e15ee8a7b7; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); United Republic of Tanzania: Arusha: Meru Plains

  • Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910) in Bolívar, 1922: 203.
  • Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910) in Hemp, Küchler, Kehl, Wägele & Hemp, 2019
  • Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1910) in Hemp, 2021: 93.

References (10)

  • 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
  • Bolívar, I. (1922) Orthoptères. Première Partie. In Voyage de M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en Éthiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905) : résultats scientifiques : animaux articulés. Paris. 167–219 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/156285#page/195/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1924) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum, 3. Some less known or new genera and species of subfamilies Tettigoniidae and Decticinae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 71(3-4), 492–537.
  • Paul, J. (1995) One and a half years of Kenyan Orthoptera. 1. Introduction and Tettigoniidae. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 107(11-12), 277–281. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30000331#page/315/mode/1up
  • Hemp, C., Heller, K.-G., Kehl, S., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Wägele, J.W. & Hemp, A. (2010) The Phlesirtes complex (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Conocephalini) reviewed: integrating morphological, molecular, chromosomal and bioacoustic data. Systematic Entomology, 35, 554–580.
  • 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., Grzywacz, B., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Hemp, A. (2016) Topography and climatic fluctuations boosting speciation: biogeography and a molecular phylogeny of the East African genera Afroanthracites Hemp & Ingrisch and Afroagraecia Ingrisch & Hemp (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Agraeciini). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 16(1), 211–223.
  • Hemp, C. & Heller, K.-G. (2017) The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa, 4244(4), 451–477.
  • Hemp, C., Küchler, S.M., Kehl, S., Wägele, J.W. & Hemp, A. (2019) Dispersal and speciation of East African mountain bushcrickets of the genus Phlesirtes (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini) related to climate fluctuations. Systematic Entomology, 44, 408–417. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/syen.12332
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.

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