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Issue: Vol. 1495 No. 1: 31 May. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-05-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1495.1.4
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1915 from Southern Africa  (Dictyoptera: Mantodea)

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Insecta Dictyoptera Mantodea new species Southern Africa taxonomy

Abstract

The following two new species of the genus Bolbella Giglio-Tos, 1915, from Southern Africa, are described as new to science: Bolbella kaltenbachi n. sp. (South Africa), Bolbella uhligi n. sp. (Zimbabwe). The new species are illustrated with their copulatory apparatus and general habitus, and compared with their closest relatives. Additionally, a key to the males of the genus Bolbella is provided.

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