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- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Copyright
- © 1974 Société entomologique de France
- ISSN
- 2168-6351
- eISSN
- 0037-9271
- DOI
- 10.1080/21686351.1974.12278154
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Summary Boulard, M.: On a new African Cicada showing a melanic adaptation in relation to the fires of wooded savannas. In the Central African Republic the author has found a new species of Cicada, here named Soudaniella cortustusa and described, which exists under two forms apparently associated closely with the environment: a pale form in dry forests and not burnt savanna woodlands, and a blak form in fire-inflicted regions. So, S. cortustusa n. sp. offers the first case of melanism now known among the Cicadoidea. As this melanism shows particuliar characters, and specially a vigourous dominance in burnt areas the name « ustusian melanism » (from the latin ustus, burnt) is here proposed for it. At the same time, a few biological notes concerning the new Cicada are given also.
Journal
Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ) – Taylor & Francis
Published: Apr 30, 1974