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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-12-03
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A first description of the male of the Rossel Island Stick-insect, Eurycantha portentosa Kirby, 1904 (Phasmida: Lonchodidae)

Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; London; SW7 5BD; U.K.
New Meadow House; Old Brockhampton Road; Winchcombe; Gloucestershire; GL54 5BA; U.K.
Phasmatodea Phasmida Lonchodidae

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