Unusual abdomino-alary, defensive stridulatory mechanism in the bushcricket Pantecphylus cerambycinus (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea, Pseudophyllidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-86

  Heller, Klaus Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 4544252820     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199601)227:1<81::AID-JMOR6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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