Taxonomy and distribution of some katydids (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae) from tropical Africa
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Taxonomy and distribution of some katydids (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae) from tropical Africa
Results of the study of specimens collected in tropical Africa and preserved in different European collections and museums are reported and extensively illustrated. The following three new species are described: Horatosphaga aethiopica sp. n., Dapanera occulta sp. n. and Cestromoecha laeglae sp. n. In addition, new diagnostic characters or distributional data for Ruspolia differens (Serville, 1...
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عنوان ژورنال: ZooKeys
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1313-2970,1313-2989
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.524.5990