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Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa
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- 1. Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos "Kumangui", Bogotá, Colombia ojccorthoptera@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5646-0602 ron902102004@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-3464
- 2. Universidad INCCA de Colombia. Grupo en Biotecnología y Medio Ambiente BIOMA icoquei@unincca.edu.co; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-0611
- 3. Miami University. Department of Biology. Oxford, Ohio, USA danielasantos.biology@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5125-8197
- 4. Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos "Kumangui", Bogotá, Colombia ojccorthoptera@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5646-0602 ron902102004@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-3464 & Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB). Laboratório de Invertebrados (LA-INV). Grupo de Estudos de Artrópodes da Amazônia (GEAA). Belém, Pará, Brazil gustavoctavares@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1395-7552 *Corresponding author & Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos "Kumangui", Bogotá, Colombia ojccorthoptera@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5646-0602 ron902102004@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-3464
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Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Quintana-Arias, Ronald Fernando, Infante, Ivette Coque, Silva, Daniela Santos Martins, Tavares, Gustavo Costa (2025): Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa. Zootaxa 5597 (1): 1-265, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5597.1.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5597.1.1
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