Lost lovers linked at long last: elusive female Nanophyllium mystery solved after a century of being placed in a different genus (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)
After successful laboratory rearing of both males and females from a single clutch of eggs, the genus Nanophyllium Redtenbacher, 1906 (described only from males) and the frondosum species group within Phyllium (Pulchriphyllium) Griffini, 1898 (described only from females) are found t...
Main Authors: | Royce T. Cumming, Stephane Le Tirant, Sierra N. Teemsma, Frank H. Hennemann, Luc Willemse, Thies H. Büscher |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2020-09-01
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Series: | ZooKeys |
Online Access: | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/56214/download/pdf/ |
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