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One species described multiple times: How taxonomists contribute to biodiversity discovery

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Science Daily

Publication Date
2018-04-03

While working on a rare little known group of Oriental wasps that likely parasitize the eggs of grasshoppers, locusts or crickets, not only did a team of four entomologists discover four previously unknown species, but they also found that another four species were in fact one and the same. Their study is a fine example for the important role played by taxonomists in puzzling out the Earth's biodiversity.

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180329095411.htm