A new genus and species of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), with data on its ecology, bioacoustics and chromosomes

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2010
Alkuperäinen tekijä:Hemp, Heller, Warchałowska-Śliwa, Hemp
Journal:Organisms Diversity & Evolution
Volume:10
Numero:3
Pagination:215 - 226
Date Published:Jan-07-2010
ISSN:1439-6092
Avainsanat:East Africa, Eastern Arc, ecological niche, Mount Kilimanjaro, new species
Abstract:

A new genus is proposed for a new East African Phaneropterinae species, Lunidia viridis, occurring on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Based on 33 records, notes on distribution and habitat are given, as well as acoustical data provided. Climate and vegetation parameters obtained along several transects on Mt. Kilimanjaro were evaluated describing the ecological niche of the new species. This interdisciplinary approach allows not only a profound characterisation of the ecological demands of the new genus but also predictions of the potential distribution area, which is tested for the first time for an African bush cricket species. Lunidia viridis n. gen. n. sp. occurs within humid and perhumid forests and Chagga home gardens, avoiding subhumid conditions on the mountain. It is found from 1,330 m upwards on the southern slopes, whereas the same ecological conditions are expressed from 1,930 m upwards on the drier northern slopes. Lunidia viridis has an unusually complex and variable song, which is described from field and laboratory recordings. The FISH technique for characterizing chromosomes is applied for the first time for an African species; L. viridis exhibits a karyotype typical for most Tettigoniidae.

URL:http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-010-0013-3
DOI:10.1007/s13127-010-0013-3
Short Title:Org Divers Evol
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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith