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Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa

  • 1. Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale Scienze 13, 90128 Palermo, Italy (retired). bruno.massa@unipa.it; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2127-0715

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Massa, Bruno (2021): Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa. Zootaxa 4974 (3): 401-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.3.1

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