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Issue: Vol. 5481 No. 2: 16 Jul. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.2.8
Page range: 297-300
Abstract views: 63
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Splitters versus Lumpers? Subspecies designations must rely on robust morphological and/or genetic data—a response to Nabholz et al. (2024)

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Orthoptera Nabholz et al.

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