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Issue: Vol. 5052 No. 2: 14 Oct. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-10-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.2.8
Page range: 287-291
Abstract views: 335
PDF downloaded: 31

A new species of Apteroscirtus Karsch, 1891 (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae, Mecopodinae) from Angola

Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, University of Bayreuth, Dept. Plant Systematics, Germany.
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Colección de Entomología. C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid (España).
Orthoptera Africa taxonomy new species

Abstract

A new species of Apteroscirtus is described from Angola, enlarging the known area of distribution of this genus to west-southern Africa.

 

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