A new Usambilla species (Acridoidea, Lentulidae) from the northwestern highlands of Tanzania and distribution data on the genus Usambilla

Claudia Hemp; Andreas Hemp

doi:10.1665/1082-6467(2008)17[37:ANUSAL]2.0.CO;2

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1 June 2008 A new Usambilla species (Acridoidea, Lentulidae) from the northwestern highlands of Tanzania and distribution data on the genus Usambilla

Claudia Hemp, Andreas Hemp

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J. of Orthoptera Research, 17(1):37-42 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1665/1082-6467(2008)17[37:ANUSAL]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

A new species of Usambilla Sjöstedt, 1909, is described from the highlands of northwestern Tanzania. U. hanangensis Hemp n. sp. occurs in the montane zone on Mt. Hanang and on montane grasslands of the Mbulu District. Notes on habitat and co-occurring Saltatoria species are given. The known species of Usambilla are compiled with information on their ecology and biogeography.

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Claudia Hemp and Andreas Hemp "A new Usambilla species (Acridoidea, Lentulidae) from the northwestern highlands of Tanzania and distribution data on the genus Usambilla," Journal of Orthoptera Research 17(1), 37-42, (1 June 2008). https://doi.org/10.1665/1082-6467(2008)17[37:ANUSAL]2.0.CO;2

Accepted: 1 April 2008; Published: 1 June 2008

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