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Metasomal Autotomy in Ananteris mauryi Lourenço, 1982 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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We are very grateful to the military command of the Campo de Instrução Marechal Newton Cavalcante for the permission to use the area to collect samples. We are also very grateful to CAPES for the scholarship to the first author.

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  1. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – UFPE, Rua Prof. Moraes Rego S/N, Cidade Universitária, 50670-420, Recife, PE, Brazil

    A. F. A. Lira

  2. Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB, Rua Castelo Branco, 58051900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

    N. M. S. Sarinho & A. M. De Souza

  3. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – UFPE, Rua Prof. Moraes Rego S/N, Cidade Universitária, 50670-420, Recife, PE, Brazil

    C. M. R. Albuquerque

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Lira, A.F.A., Sarinho, N.M.S., De Souza, A.M. et al. Metasomal Autotomy in Ananteris mauryi Lourenço, 1982 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). J Insect Behav 27, 279–282 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-013-9431-3

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