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Issue: Vol. 5447 No. 3: 7 May 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-05-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.3.11
Page range: 444-448
Abstract views: 75
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New alien in town: first record of Parakontikia ventrolineata (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) in Italy

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri; Via Madonna del Piano 10; 50019; Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze); Italy; National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC); 90133; Palermo; Italy
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”; Via Appia nuova; 1411; 00178 Rome (RM); Italy
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”; Via Appia nuova; 1411; 00178 Rome (RM); Italy
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri”; Via Appia nuova; 1411; 00178 Rome (RM); Italy
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri; Via Madonna del Piano 10; 50019; Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze); Italy; National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC); 90133; Palermo; Italy
Platyhelminthes Geoplanidae Parakontikia ventrolineata Italy

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