Description of a new species of Parasphena Bolivar, 1884 (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) from northwestern Tanzania and new data on the biogeography, coenology, habitat and morphology of the genus

Journal of Orthoptera Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Hemp, Claudia ^a   Hemp, Andreas ^b   Wgele, Johann Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

distribution; East Africa; Mt Hanang; new species; Parasphena; speciation

Indexed keywords

ORTHOPTERA; PYRGOMORPHIDAE;

EID: 73849130999     PISSN: 10826467     EISSN: 19372426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1665/034.018.0114     Document Type: Article

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