Melanoscirtes taitensis Hemp, 2010: male, Ngangao forest, 1900 m. Taita Hills, Kenya. (Otu).
Melanoscirtes taitensis Hemp, 2010: male, Ngangao forest, 1900 m. Taita Hills, Kenya. (Otu).
Melanoscirtes taitensis Hemp, 2010: nymph, Vuria forest, 1950 m, Taita Hills, Kenya. (Otu).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Melanoscirtes taitensis Hemp, 2010 in Hemp, Kehl, Heller, Wägele & Hemp, 2010: 592.

    Holotype; male; ff3a28eb-8bb8-4b19-a3e1-eef723f5db67; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Kenya: Coast: Taita Hills, Wundanyi

  • Melanoscirtes taitensis Hemp, 2010 in Hemp, 2021: 88.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Hemp, C. (2021) In A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg. 451 pp.
  • 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.

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