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Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis (Sjöstedt, 1910)

Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis (Sjöstedt, 1910): male (Kilimanjaro, Kidia, 1800 m, montane forest). (Otu).
Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis (Sjöstedt, 1910): male (Kilimanjaro, Kidia, 1800 m, montane forest). (Otu).
Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis (Sjöstedt, 1910): female nymph (Kilimanjaro, Kidia, 1800 m, montane forest). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1529623; 468f95df-a044-409c-ac2c-244e323288d1: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529623; 468f95df-a044-409c-ac2c-244e323288d1: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529623; 468f95df-a044-409c-ac2c-244e323288d1: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529623; 468f95df-a044-409c-ac2c-244e323288d1: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529623; 468f95df-a044-409c-ac2c-244e323288d1: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530621; 92e6af9f-82b8-45a8-a485-cfeacbd53e35: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530621; 92e6af9f-82b8-45a8-a485-cfeacbd53e35: female, frontal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530621; 92e6af9f-82b8-45a8-a485-cfeacbd53e35: female ovipositor (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530621; 92e6af9f-82b8-45a8-a485-cfeacbd53e35: female subgenital plate (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530621; 92e6af9f-82b8-45a8-a485-cfeacbd53e35: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Xiphidion kibonotense Sjöstedt, 1910: 139.

    Holotype; male; 468f95df-a044-409c-ac2c-244e323288d1; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); United Republic of Tanzania: Kilimanjaro: Kilimandjaro, Kibonoto

  • Conocephalus (Xiphidion) kibonotensis (Sjöstedt, 1910) in Karny, 1912: 12.
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  • Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis (Sjöstedt, 1910) in Hemp, 2013: 316.
  • Melanoscirtes kibonotensis kibonotensis (Sjöstedt, 1910) in Hemp, 2021: 88.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Hemp, C. & Hemp, A. (2003) Saltatoria coenoses of high-altitude grasslands on Mt. Kilimanjaro Tanzania (Orthoptera: Saltatoria). Ecotropica, 9, 71–97. Available at http://www.soctropecol.eu/publications/pdf/9%201-2/Hemp,%20Hemp,%202003.pdf
  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Zootaxa, 3613(4), 301–342.
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  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.
  • 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., Kehl, S., Heller, K.-G., Wägele, J.W. & Hemp, A. (2010) A new genus of African Karniellina (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Conocephalini): integrating morphological, molecular and bioacoustical data. Systematic Entomology, 35, 581–595.
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Conocephalinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 135, 1–17 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123362#page/3/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1920) Dodecas Conodephalidarum novarum. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 70, 21–33. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/VZBG_70_0021-0033.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Named after type locality Kibonoto.

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