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Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa

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Hemp, Claudia (2013): Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa. Zootaxa 3737 (4): 301-350, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.1

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