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Genetic analysis of a Mediterranean Red-Listed species Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefèbvre, 1827) (Orthoptera, Gryllidae)
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- 1. Institute of Earth Systems, University of Malta.
- 2. Department of Agriculture, Food & Forest Sciences, University of Palermo (retd).
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Bartolo, Angela G., Cassar, Louis-F., Massa, Bruno, Schembri, Sarah, Ghana, Salah (2025): Genetic analysis of a Mediterranean Red-Listed species Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefèbvre, 1827) (Orthoptera, Gryllidae). Zootaxa 5679 (1): 83-100, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.4
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