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Issue: Vol. 4244 No. 4: 22 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
Page range: 451–477
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 2

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

Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany. University of Bayreuth, Department Animal Ecology II, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Magdeburg, Germany
Orthoptera Karniellina East Africa acoustics new species

Abstract

Species of the genus Phlesirtes are reviewed in this paper and 16 new species described. A key is provided to the species of Phlesirtes. Among the subtribe Karniellina of Conocephalini members of the genus Phlesirtes occupy habitats of montane to afroalpine grasslands in East Africa. All recorded species produced long-lasting, trill-like calling songs, consisting of sequences of continuously repeated syllables or syllable pairs with the peak of the carrier frequency in the low ultrasound.

 

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