The cicada genus Nyara n. gen. (Homoptera Cicadidae) systematics, behaviour and conservation status

Title: The cicada genus Nyara n. gen. (Homoptera Cicadidae) systematics, behaviour and conservation status
Creator: Villet, Martin H
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 1999
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/453870
Identifier: vital:75295
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.1999.10539385
Description: The cicada genus Nyara n. gen. and its sole species N. thanatotica n. sp. are described and diagnosed. This species is very peculiar because it often feigns death when disturbed. This is the first time such behaviour has been described in a cicada. Nyara is the third endemic cicada genus described from a South African forest. Its distribution along the subtropical Eastern Cape coast, which is threatened by strip mining and housing developments, highlights the need for conservation of these under-researched habitats.
Format: 7 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: Tropical Zoology, Villet, M. H. (1999). The cicada genus Nyara n. gen. (Homoptera Cicadidae): systematics, behaviour and conservation status. Tropical Zoology, 12(1), 157–163. https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.1999.10539385, Tropical Zoology volume 12 number 1 157 163 1999
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