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The explosive radiation, intense host-shifts and long-term failure to speciate in the evolutionary history of the feather mite genus Analges (Acariformes: Analgidae) from European passerines

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Dabert, Jacek, Mironov, Serge V, Dabert, Miroslawa (2022): The explosive radiation, intense host-shifts and long-term failure to speciate in the evolutionary history of the feather mite genus Analges (Acariformes: Analgidae) from European passerines. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195: 673-694, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab057

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