Coneheads (Protura) of Italy: What we know in their 'native' country after a century

Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 10:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Coneheads collected from all over the territory of Italy were studied by three researchers of Genoa University (Loris Galli, Matteo Capurro and Carlo Torti). 40 species have been identified (belonging to eight genera and four families), six of which are new records for the Italian fauna. The study was published in the open access journal ZooKeys.

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