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Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from Eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera)

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Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Hemp, Claudia, Liu, Chunxiang, Volleth, Marianne (2014): Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from Eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa 3785 (3): 343-376, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.3.2

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