The cicada genus Nyara n. gen. (Homoptera Cicadidae): Systematics, behaviour and conservation status

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-163

  Villet, Martin H ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endemism; Homoptera; Thanatosis; Tibicininae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033481952     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1999.10539385     Document Type: Article

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