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"Playing poop": an interesting case of bird dropping masquerade in leafmining Buprestidae (Agrilinae, Tracheini)

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  • 1. Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré, 481-Ipiranga, 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • 2. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Carmagnola, Entomologia, Parco cascina Vigna, Via S. Francesco di Sales 188.10022, Carmagnola, Italy
  • 3. Laboratorio di Entomologia e Parassitologia Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma 3, Viale G. Marconi 446, 00146, Rome, Italy

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Migliore, Letizia J., Curletti, Gianfranco, Giulio, Andrea Di, Ruzzier, Enrico (2025): "Playing poop": an interesting case of bird dropping masquerade in leafmining Buprestidae (Agrilinae, Tracheini). Zootaxa 5621 (4): 465-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.4.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.4.5

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