Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy, Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography, Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics

Notes on the biology of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) in Sierra Leone

Journal of Zoology · 1970

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Abstract

An account is given of the habitat, seasonal occurrence, breeding biology and food of 103 species of Acridoidea in Sierra Leone. Some comparisons are made between East African and Sierra Leone populations, a relation is indicated between size and number of annual generations and food is considered in relation to habitat and head length.

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