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Endothermy and chorusing behaviour in the African platypleurine cicada Pycna semiclara (Germar, 1834) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

  • 1. Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, 6140, Grahamstown, South Africa
  • 2. School of Natural and Health Sciences, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33161-6695, U.S.A.
  • 3. 17446 SW 33rd Court, Miramar, FL 33029, U.S.A.

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Villet, Martin H, Sanborn, Allen F, Phillips, Polly K (2003): Endothermy and chorusing behaviour in the African platypleurine cicada Pycna semiclara (Germar, 1834) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 81 (8): 1437-1444, DOI: 10.1139/z03-119, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z03-119

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