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Discovery and formal description of the female of Microphotina Beier, 1935 (Mantodea: Photinaidae), with an updated key to species and remarks on the role of Citizen Science in advancing Mantodea biodiversity studies
- 1. Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, 4101 Sherbrooke East, Montreal, QC, Canada H1X2B2 & Montreal Insectarium, 4101 Sherbrooke St E, Montreal, Quebec, H1X2B2, Canada
- 2. Association d'Etude des Mantes de Guyane (AEMG), PK 19,5 Route du Dégrad Saramaca, 97310 Kourou, French Guiana
- 3. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Pará / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, R. Augusto Corrêa, 1, Guamá, Belém, 66075-110, Pará, Brazil & Projeto Mantis, independent organization, itinerant laboratory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Rivera, Julio, Hausherr, Nicolas, Lanna, Leonardo Moutinho (2025): Discovery and formal description of the female of Microphotina Beier, 1935 (Mantodea: Photinaidae), with an updated key to species and remarks on the role of Citizen Science in advancing Mantodea biodiversity studies. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 231-248, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.4
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