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Issue: Vol. 4324 No. 1: 26 Sept. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.10
Page range: 180–188
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 4

Neotype designation for Plangia graminea (Serville, 1838) and two new Plangia species from Tanzania, East Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)

Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
Orthoptera new species Eastern Arc Mountains

Abstract

A neotype is assigned for Plangia graminea (Serville) since the holotype is lost. Two new Plangia species, P. amaniensis n. sp. from the East Usambara Mountains and P. variacantans n. sp. from the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania are newly described.

 

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