Phymateus karschi

Phymateus karschi is a locust in the family Pyrgomorphidae.[1][2]

Phymateus karschi
Phymateus karschi from Mozambique. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Family:
Pyrgomorphidae
Genus:
Phymateus
Species:
P. karschi
Binomial name
Phymateus karschi
Bolivar, I., 1904

Distribution

This 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

Phymateus 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
  • 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
  1. Eades, D.C.; D. Otte; M.M. Cigliano & H. Braun Orthoptera Species File
  2. Biolib
  3. Catalogue of life
  4. Orthoptera Species File
  5. Claudia Hemp Annotated List of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
  6. 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


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