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A Concoction Pipeline for Generating Molecular Operational Taxonomic Units (MOTUs) Among Riparian and Aquatic Beetles
Published on: July 11, 2025
Warning: potential problems for taxonomy on the horizon?
Fabio Cianferoni1, Luca Bartolozzi2
1Natural History Museum of the University of Florence, Zoological Section "La Specola", I-50125 Florence, Italy. CNR-National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Agroenvironmental and Forest Biology, I-00015 Monterotondo Scalo (Rome), Italy.;
Abstract:
Whether or not a species might reasonably be described without the preservation of a type specimen is a matter of ongoing discussion among taxonomists (Dubois & Nemésio 2007; Minteer et al. 2014; Krell & Wheeler 2014; Löbl et al. 2016; Marshall & Evenhuis 2016; Santos et al. 2016). Here, we attempt to make our own contribution to the topic.
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