Phymateus karschi is a locust in the family Pyrgomorphidae.[1][2]
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| Phymateus karschi from Mozambique. Mounted specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
| Genus: | Phymateus |
| Species: | P. karschi
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| Binomial name | |
| Phymateus karschi Bolivar, 1904
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Distribution
editThis species is present in Tropical Africa (mainly in Cameroon, Nigeria, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Zaire and Eritrea).[1][3][4] These locusts inhabit bushes and trees within Hyparrhenia grassland at submontane elevations between 900 and 1500 m on Mt Kilimanjaro.[5]
Description
editPhymateus karschi can reach a body length of 40 millimetres (1.6 in) in males, of 52 millimetres (2.0 in) in females. These locusts have a green yellowish body. Pronotum shows red protuberances. Elytra are yellow with bluish and reddish areas. Femora are mainly yellowish, while tarsi are brown. The abdomen is dark brown and yellow.[6]
Bibliography
edit- Bolívar, I. 1904. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 4:406, 411
- Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 150
- Dirsh. 1964. Explor. Parc. natn. Garamba 44(3):49
- Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 117
- Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:83
- Dirsh. 1970. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent. 8(182):25
- Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:252
- COPR (Centre for Overseas Pest Research). 1982. The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual 53
- Hemp, C. 2009. Jour. Orth. Res. 18(2):194
- Rowell, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa, Vol. 1 113
References
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- ^ a b Eades, D.C.; D. Otte; M.M. Cigliano & H. Braun Orthoptera Species File
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ Orthoptera Species File
- ^ Hemp, Claudia (2009). "Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 18 (2): 183–214. doi:10.1665/034.018.0207.
- ^ Bolívar, I. 1904 Notas sobre los pirgomórfidos (Pyrgomorphidae). IV. Taphronotinae. V. Phymateinae in Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural [Tomo 4], 1904