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First record of the interaction between the arthropod-pathogenic fungus Gibellula and a new species of harvestman Auranus (Stygnidae) narrowly endemic to the Brazilian rain forest

  • 1. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6109, CEP 13083- 970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
  • 2. Programa de Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, CEP 58051- 900, Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
  • 3. Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
  • 4. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Centro de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. & sobczak@unilab.edu.br; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-7686
  • 5. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Centro de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. & Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia AfroBrasileira, Rodovia CE-060, Km 51, s/n, 62785-000, Acarape, CE, Brazil.
  • 6. Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia AfroBrasileira, Rodovia CE-060, Km 51, s/n, 62785-000, Acarape, CE, Brazil.
  • 7. Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, CEP 58051- 900, Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
  • 8. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Centro de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

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Villanueva-Bonilla, German Antonio, Araújo-Da-Silva, Luiz Paulo, Vasconcellos-Neto, João, Sobczak, Jullyana Cristina Magalhães Silva Moura, Fonseca, Emily Oliveira, Nóbrega, Francisco Ageu De Sousa, Pires, Joedson Castro, Arruda, Italo Diego Paiva, Dasilva, Marcio Bernardino, Sobczak, Jober Fernando (2021): First record of the interaction between the arthropod-pathogenic fungus Gibellula and a new species of harvestman Auranus (Stygnidae) narrowly endemic to the Brazilian rain forest. Zootaxa 5071 (3): 403-414, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5071.3.6

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