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Issue: Vol. 5369 No. 4: 13 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.8
Page range: 591-596
Abstract views: 194
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Description of one new species of the genus Gymnogryllus (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae) from Cameroon with a key for African species

Laboratory of Zoology; Faculty of Science; University of Yaoundé 1; Cameroon
Laboratory of Zoology; Faculty of Science; University of Douala; Cameroon
Laboratory of Zoology; Faculty of Science; University of Yaoundé 1; Cameroon
Institut de Systématique; Evolution; Biodiversité (ISYEB); Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; CNRS; SU; EPHE; UA; 57 rue Cuvier; CP 50; 75231 Paris Cedex 05; France
College of Life Sciences; Shaanxi Normal University; Xi’an; Shaanxi; 710119; China
Laboratory of Zoology; Faculty of Science; University of Yaoundé 1; Cameroon; Laboratory of Zoology; Faculty of Science; University of Douala; Cameroon
Orthoptera Cameroon Ensifera Gymnogryllus OrthopteraTaxonomy

Abstract

During a Gryllidae survey in the Southern Cameroonian Plateau, one new species of the genus Gymnogryllus (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae) was discovered and described, namely Gymnogryllus bilongi Um Nyobe & Kekeunou sp. nov. This finding extends the number of species known of this genus in Cameroon at two and proposes a key for African species.

 

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