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Aperçu de l'Acridofaune Comorienne

Aperçu de l'Acridofaune Comorienne SUMMARY The Acridomorpha of the Comoro Islands include, in our present knowledge, about 25 species, one third of which are endemic, most of them apterous or micropterous, one third of African stock and one third of Malagasy stock. Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758) never quoted until now, was discovered in the Kartala mounts (Grande-Comore) between 1,700 and 2,300 m, as a small sized variety, highly coloured, near the Reunion variety. Nomadacris septemfasciata (Serville, 1838) met by one of the authors in the Grande-Comore and Mayotte, may sometimes multiply and be the cause of important damage to the rice and maize crops (1952). Each island has its own species of Symbellia (Eumastacidae). A key of the Symbellia species is given with descriptions of the unknown sex of three of them. Described or quoted are: a new subspecies: Symbellia pallidafrons attitudinis and three new species, Symbellia mayotteana, Cryptomastax comoroensis (Eumastacidae) and Parepistaurus comoroensis (Coptacridinae). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ) Taylor & Francis

Aperçu de l'Acridofaune Comorienne

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Taylor & Francis
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© 1969 Société entomologique de France
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2168-6351
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0037-9271
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10.1080/21686351.1969.12277913
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SUMMARY The Acridomorpha of the Comoro Islands include, in our present knowledge, about 25 species, one third of which are endemic, most of them apterous or micropterous, one third of African stock and one third of Malagasy stock. Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758) never quoted until now, was discovered in the Kartala mounts (Grande-Comore) between 1,700 and 2,300 m, as a small sized variety, highly coloured, near the Reunion variety. Nomadacris septemfasciata (Serville, 1838) met by one of the authors in the Grande-Comore and Mayotte, may sometimes multiply and be the cause of important damage to the rice and maize crops (1952). Each island has its own species of Symbellia (Eumastacidae). A key of the Symbellia species is given with descriptions of the unknown sex of three of them. Described or quoted are: a new subspecies: Symbellia pallidafrons attitudinis and three new species, Symbellia mayotteana, Cryptomastax comoroensis (Eumastacidae) and Parepistaurus comoroensis (Coptacridinae).

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Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ) – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jul 31, 1969

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