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Taxonomic Revision, Morphology and Natural History of the Stick Insect Genus Xerosoma Serville, 1831 (Insecta: Phasmatodea)
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- 1. Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Dom Antônio, 2100, Parque Universitário, Assis/SP, CEP 19806-900. *Correspondence: E-mail: engelking.phillip@gmail.com (Engelking) & Projeto Phasma, Brazil. E-mail: alvaro3dssa@gmail.com (Neves)
- 2. Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), Av. Nazaré, 481 - Ipiranga, São Paulo - SP, 04263-000, Brazil. & Projeto Phasma, Brazil. E-mail: alvaro3dssa@gmail.com (Neves)
- 3. Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Kiel University, 10th floor, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9 D - 24118, Kiel, Germany.
- 4. Programa de pós-graduação em zoologia da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. General Rodrigo Octávio, 6200 - Coroado I,
- 5. Projeto Phasma, Brazil. E-mail: alvaro3dssa@gmail.com (Neves)
- 6. Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Dom Antônio, 2100, Parque Universitário, Assis/SP, CEP 19806-900. *Correspondence: E-mail: engelking.phillip@gmail.com (Engelking)
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Engelking, Phillip Watzke, Ghirotto, Victor Morais, Crispino, Edgar Blois, Büscher, Thies H., Heleodoro, Raphael Aquino, Neves, Pedro Alvaro Barbosa Aguiar, Bispo, Pitágoras da Conceição (2023): Taxonomic Revision, Morphology and Natural History of the Stick Insect Genus Xerosoma Serville, 1831 (Insecta: Phasmatodea). Zoological Studies 62 (31): 1-59, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-31, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8056068
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