Euschmidtia burtti Descamps

Burtt’s Monkey Grasshopper (Euschmidtia burtti)

Burtt’s Monkey Grasshopper was described in 1964, it is known only from the type collection obtained in 1954.

The type locality, a place named as Kingolwera in the Morogoro District of Tanzania, appears to be heavily deforested now and the species is thought to be extinct.

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edited: 15.01.2019