Bioacoustics of Amytta savannae

http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496658 Holotype male, Tanzania , Mt Kilimanjaro , southern slopes, Rau Forest near Moshi , lowland forest, 800 m , July 2015 . Depository MfN . Paratype female, Tanzania , Mt Kilimanjaro , Mabungu Hill , savanna woodland, 910 m , July 2014 . Depository MfN . Further paratype material: 1 male , Tanzania , Mt Kilimanjaro , Uchira , savanna woodland, 870 m , July 2015 . Collection C. Hemp. Description. Male. General body shape and colour : Reduced tegmina and wings ( Fig. 12 A), uniformly light yellowish-green. Behind eyes two lateral yellow lines continuing to pronotum. Eyes brown to reddish-brown. Head and antennae: Fastigium of vertex smooth, about as long as half the length of scapus; with blunt apex. Antennae thin, whitish. Eyes circular, prominent. Cuticle of pronotum shiny. Elytra reduced to broad lobes. Stridulatory area hidden under pronotum. Alae tiny, narrow lobes. Thorax and legs : All femora unarmed. Fore and mid tibiae with open tympanum, with 4–5 outer and inner spines, apical with a minute pair of spurs. Abdomen: Last abdominal tergite with median process ( Fig. 12 B). Cerci thick with dorsal flange, ending in two laterally flattenend lobes ( Fig. 12 B, C). Subgenital plate longish, as in Fig. 12 C. Titillator stout with central thin thorn-like hook. Female. General body shape, size and colour as male with longer tegmina covering abdomen by about 2/3 of its length. Ovipositor slender and smooth, almost straight ( Fig. 12 D). Supra-anal plate divided into two parts ( Fig. 11 A). Subgenital plate shield-like broad. Measurements males (n = 2) Body length 13–14 Median length of pronotum 5.2–5.4 Length of hind femur 8.6 Length of elytra 2.0–2.8 females (n = 1) Body length 12.5 Median length of pronotum 4.1 Length of hind femur 9.1 Length of elytra 5.6 Length of ovipositor 9.0 Habitat . Woodland savanna and lowland forest, 800– 910 m .