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ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 373-395Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-012-0123-1
Keywords
Phaneropterinae; Orthoptera; New species; Biogeography; Ecology; Bioacoustics; Chromosomes; Speciation; Tanzania; Mount Kilimanjaro
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- Synthesys Project
- European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP6 Structuring the European Research Area Programme
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Although Eurycorypha is the most species-rich Phaneropterinae genus in Africa, little is known about the distribution and the ecology of the species. In this study data on distribution, ecology, song and on chromosomes of some East African species are provided. The nymphs of some species are shown, famous for their ant-like appearance and behaviour. The male of E. punctipennis Chopard and three species of Eurycorypha are newly described. These are E. resonans n. sp. and E. combretoides n. sp. occurring in different habitats on Mount Kilimanjaro, and E. conclusa n. sp from forest habitats along the Tanzanian coast. Bioacoustically, the four recorded species are unusually divers, presenting non-resonant and resonant songs. As four Eurycorypha species occur syntopically on geological young Mount Kilimanjaro, the biogeographical pattern and possible speciation mechanisms in the genus Eurycorypha are discussed in context of the climatical history of eastern Africa.
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