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A case-based course teaching integrative taxonomy delimits three new ant species in the

Kyle W Gray, Sarah von Adelmannsfelden, Abdullah Ahmed, Jonathan Brandstetter, Tabea Gularte Alvarez, Max P Härtel, Zoya Mahmood, Daniela Mera-Rodríguez, Christian Rabeling

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Kyle W GrayKomBioTa-Center for Biodiversity and Integrative Taxonomy Research, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart & University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Sarah von AdelmannsfeldenDepartment of Integrative Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Insects, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0006-2859-2601
Abdullah AhmedDepartment of Integrative Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Insects, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Jonathan BrandstetterDepartment of Integrative Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Insects, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Tabea Gularte AlvarezDepartment of Integrative Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Insects, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Max P HärtelDepartment of Integrative Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Insects, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Zoya MahmoodDepartment of Integrative Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Insects, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Daniela Mera-RodríguezKomBioTa-Center for Biodiversity and Integrative Taxonomy Research, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart & University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2882-3554
Christian RabelingKomBioTa-Center for Biodiversity and Integrative Taxonomy Research, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart & University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a dwindling number of trained taxonomists across the globe, which is part of the "taxonomic impediment" to biodiversity discovery and conservation. Therefore, there is a need to train students in taxonomy and simultaneously make the taxonomic process more robust, thus reducing the misidentification of species that leads to flawed conclusions about biogeographic, ecological, and evolutionary processes. This is where an interdisciplinary approach to taxonomy,

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AntsClassificationAnimalsPhylogenyVanuatuBiodiversityBiogeographyEndemismMorphometricsPheidoleTaxonomyUCEVanuatu

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