Redescription of three species of the genus Platypleura amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera Cicadidae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 321-332

  Villet, Martin H ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cicadidae; Platypkura; Redescription of species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031321346     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1997.10539345     Document Type: Article

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