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Insular dwarfism in Akymnopellis chilensis (Gervais, 1847) centipedes from the Humboldt Archipelago, Chile (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae)

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  • 1. Programa de Doctorado en Recursos Naturales Renovables, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillán, Chile - emvega@udec.cl; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5666-0433 & Universidad de Concepción, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Departamento de Zoología, Concepción, Chile.
  • 2. Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillán, Chile - & Grupo de Biodiversidad y Cambio Global, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Andrés Bello 720, Chillán, Chile.
  • 3. Laboratorio de Entomología Ecológica, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Serena (LEULS), Casilla 554, & Programa de Doctorado en Conservación y Gestión de la Biodiversidad, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Santo Tomas, Avenida Ejercito 146, Santiago, Chile & Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Santiago, Chile

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Vega-Román, Emmanuel, Collado, Gonzalo A., Pizarro-Araya, Jaime (2025): Insular dwarfism in Akymnopellis chilensis (Gervais, 1847) centipedes from the Humboldt Archipelago, Chile (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae). Fragmenta entomologica 57 (2): 257-262, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1843, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1843

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