02021nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245013900055210006900194260001600263300001400279490000700293520123500300653001601535653001601551653002101567653002201588653001601610100001801626700002601644700003601670700001801706856005501724       2010                        eng d  a1439-609200aA new genus and species of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), with data on its ecology, bioacoustics and chromosomes0 anew genus and species of African Phaneropterinae Orthoptera Tett  cJan-07-2010  a215 - 2260 v103 a<p>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.</p>
10aEast Africa10aEastern Arc10aecological niche10aMount Kilimanjaro10anew species1 aHemp, Claudia1 aHeller, Klaus-Gerhard1 aWarchałowska-Śliwa, Elżbieta1 aHemp, Andreas  uhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-010-0013-3