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https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e163406 (01 Jul 2025)
https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e163406 (01 Jul 2025)
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10.3897/arphapreprints.e163406
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01 Jul 2025
Authors

Selene Escobar-Ramírez
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Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP, Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Quito 170901, Ecuador
Galápagos Science Center, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristóbal 200101, Ecuador
División de Entomología, Difusión y Gestión de Información, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad INABIO, Quito, Ecuador
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP, Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Quito 170901, Ecuador
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito 170901, Ecuador
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP, Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Quito 170901, Ecuador
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito 170901, Ecuador
David A. Donoso
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Grupo de Investigación en Ecología y Evolución en los Trópicos -EETrop-, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
Conflict of interest
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Supporting agencies
Research by SER was supported by Universidad San Francisco de Quito (COCIBA Grant No. 17895) and the GSC (GSC POA Grant). The Malaise trap survey was supported by the project ‘Global Malaise Trap’ of the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics.
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