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Issue: Vol. 4410 No. 2: 17 Apr. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-04-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.9
Page range: 390–392
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 2

Changes in the nomenclature of three Australian crickets

Adjunct Professor, School of Marine and Biological Sciences, James Cook University, Smithfield, Queensland, Australia, 4870.
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601.
Orthoptera

Abstract

During the course of preparation of the Guidebook to Australian Crickets, we have become aware of the incorrect identification and subsequent placement of Apterogryllus kimberleyanus Baehr. In addition, we make two changes in the tribal placement of two other genera.

 

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