#SideHustle: Jason G. H. Londt’s contribution to holdings of the South African Cicadidae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum

By

Villet, M. H. (Martin Herrer)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-5-5

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

64

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

85--93

Subjects

behavioural ecology , Cicadas , Festschrift , gazetteer , Museology , predation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.64.100851

 

Abstract

Jason G.H. Londt contributed almost a quarter of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum’s specimens of Cicadidae, including a strong sample of females, and probably the best set to date of African records of predation on cicadas by robber flies. The collection provides evidence that robber flies catch more male cicadas; speculatively, because attacks on the heavier-bodied female fail more often. The metadata derived from these specimens also provide a small gazetteer of Londt’s collecting sites.