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Morphological and genetic variation in populations of Sitana marudhamneydhal and the validity of Sitana attenboroughii

  • 1. Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala.
  • 2. St. Xavier's College Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli. Tamil Nadu.
  • 3. Suri Sehgal Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Bangalore, Karnataka 560064, India.
  • 4. Traidhos Three Generation Farm, Traidhos Three Generation Community for Learning, Chiang Mai, Thailand 50180. sandeepv@ptis.ac.th; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5080-9911
  • 5. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK. & Senckenberg Dresden, Königsbrücker Landstrasse 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany.

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Balan, A., Jude, D., Narayanan, Surya, Varma, Sandeep, Deepak, V. (2021): Morphological and genetic variation in populations of Sitana marudhamneydhal and the validity of Sitana attenboroughii. Zootaxa 4964 (3): 523-540, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.3.5

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