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Rhachiella malawica gen. nov., spec. nov. from Malawi-another beauty of the Afrotropics (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae)

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  • 1. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Zweite Zoologische Abteilung, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria. ulrike.aspoeck@nhm-wien.ac.at; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1912-2609 & Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
  • 2. Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. horst.aspoeck@meduniwien.ac.at; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9407-3566
  • 3. Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 83844, USA djohnson@uidaho.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0539-0998
  • 4. Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Bunda College Campus, P.O. BOX 219, Lilongwe, Malawi trustkasambala@yahoo.co.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2445-3405
  • 5. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf ZH, Switzerland. peter.duelli@wsl.ch; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-8262

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Aspöck, Ulrike, Aspöck, Horst, Johnson, James B., Donga, Trust Kasambala, Duelli, Peter (2020): Rhachiella malawica gen. nov., spec. nov. from Malawi-another beauty of the Afrotropics (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae). Zootaxa 4808 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.1.7

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