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Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Sensillanura Deharveng, 1981 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Neanurinae) with description of six new species from the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America
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- 1. University of Wrocław, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
- 2. Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática de Microartrópodos, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, México.
- 3. University of Tennessee, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, 2505 E.J. Chapman Drive, 370 Plant Biotechnology, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4560, USA.
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Smolis, Adrian, Arango, Angela, Bernard, Ernest C., Palacios-Vargas, José G. (2026): Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Sensillanura Deharveng, 1981 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Neanurinae) with description of six new species from the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America. Zootaxa 5741 (3): 401-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.3.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.3.1
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