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Description and bioecology of two new species of the genus Cryncus (Orthoptera Gryllidae, Gryllinae) from Cameroon with a key and distribution map of all African species

  • 1. University of Yaounde 1, Faculty of Science, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Cameroon.
  • 2. University of Yaounde 1, Faculty of Science, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Cameroon. & skekeunou@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9058-100X
  • 3. College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710119, China.
  • 4. Institut de Systématique, Evolution et Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, SU, EPHE, UA, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
  • 5. University of Yaounde 1, Faculty of Science, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Cameroon. & simeunou@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5386-9450
  • 6. University of Yaounde 1, Faculty of Science, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Cameroon. & bilong_bilong@yahoo.com; https:// orcid.org/0000-0003-0138-5713

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Nyobe, Philene Corinne Aude Um, Kekeunou, Sevilor, Ma, Libin, Robillard, Tony, Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Bilong, Charles Felix Bilong (2021): Description and bioecology of two new species of the genus Cryncus (Orthoptera Gryllidae, Gryllinae) from Cameroon with a key and distribution map of all African species. Zootaxa 4908 (4): 473-488, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.2

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