Marianne Espeland

Projects

The influence of mutualistic and parasitic life forms on the diversification of butterflies
Management: Dr. Marianne Espeland
Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and colour pattern evolution of the subfamily Chalcosiinae
Management: Dr. Marianne Espeland
ERGA - The European Reference Genome Atlas
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
Evolutionary relationships and biogeography of the enigmatic West Indian butterfly genus Calisto
Management: Dr. Rayner Nunez
BGE - Biodiversity Genomics Europe
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
Comparative and experimental wing pattern genomics in Lepidoptera
Management: Dr. Marianne Espeland
The Caribbean cube moth
Management: Dr. Rayner Nunez
BALIN - Insect protection at the railway station by reducing light pollution
Management: Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber
1KITE
Management: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof

Publications

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2026

2026/01
Ludreschl, C., Kirse, A., Hartke, T..R., Bhansali, S., Bourlat, S..J., Ott, D., Bott, F., Rutte, D., Siemt, P., Espeland, M., Scherber, C.
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Optimised light sources reduce nocturnal insect attraction at railway stations

2025

2025/11
Wright, C.J., Wahlberg, N., Vila, R., Mutanen, M., Matos-Maraví, P., Lucek, K., Kleckova, I., Dapporto, L., Dincă, V., Bruschini, C., Wheat, C.W., Vila, M., Torrado-Blanco, L., Todisco, V., Rindos, M., Nguyen, P., Mulhair, P.O., Kamenova, S., Hicks, M., Espeland, M., Drinnenberg, I.A., Doblas-Bajo, M., Bailey, R.I., Absolon, D., Baixeras, J., Baral, S., Bertocchini, F., Beshkov, S., Boman, J., Bordoni, A., Boussau, B., Bridle, J., Challis, R., Chkhartishvili, T., Cornet, C., Decroly, T., Despres, L., Doblas-Bajo, M., Downes, L., Escuer, P., Elias, M., Emerson, B., Fabusova, M., Fric, Z.F., Gauthier, J., Hévin, N., Huemer, P., Hundsdoerfer, A.K., Joron, M., Keskin, E., Kriegova, E., Kustatscher, E., La Cava, S., Lancho, J., Linke, D., Littmann, L., Lohse, K., Marques, V., McKenna, D., Menchetti, M., Meyer, M., Moreira, T., Nahirnić-Beshkova, A., Nazari, V., Nunez, R., Ortiz, A.S., Õunap, E., Pohjoismäki, J., Potocký, P., Przybyłowicz, Ł., Repullés, M., Rota, J., Scalercio, S., Schattanek-Wiesmar, B., Schattanek-Wiesmair, P., Schmitz, D., Sotero-Caio, C.G., Spilani, L., Spilker, C., Sramkó, G., Stewart, J., Stojanovic, D.V., Bartonova, A.S., Tarmann, G., Toro-Delgado, E., Thallinger, G.G., Ulaşlı, B., Vallinmäki, M., Rita, J.V.P.S., Visacki, V., Vrba, P., Weber, C.C., Wiemers, M., Wiorek, M., Yapar, E., Zlatkovic, M., Zucco, G., Blaxter, M., Meier, J.I.
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Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2025/09
HUANG, S., HORIE, K., ESPELAND, M.
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A review of the genus Docleomorpha Hering (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae) with descriptions of four new species
Zootaxa, 1, 5689
2025/08
ÁLVAREZ, Y., NÚÑEZ, R., MAGALDI, L.D.M., MATTHEWS, D., FREITAS, A.V.L., ESPELAND, M.
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Phenotypes, natural history and barcodes unveil cryptic species within the Caribbean Metalmark Dianesia carteri (Holland) (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 5686
2025/08
Pyrcz, T.W., Boyer, P., Mahecha-J., O., Cerdeña, J., Farfán, J., Garlacz, R., Zając-Garlacz, K.S., Janik, A., Espeland, M.
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New species of Pronophila and Lasiophila (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) butterflies from the Huancabamba Deflection endemism zone from a phylogenetical perspective based on target enrichment data
Insect Systematics & Evolution
2025/07
Espeland, M., Lucek, K., Wright, C.J., Meier, J.I., Blaxter, M.L., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, ., Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, ., Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, ., Project Psyche Community, .
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The genome sequence of the Crepuscular Burnet, Zygaena carniolica (Scopoli, 1763) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)
Wellcome Open Research, 10
2025/07
Toussaint, E.F.A., Condamine, F.L., dos Santos De Carvalho, A.P., Plotkin, D.M., Ellis, E.A., Dexter, K.M., Earl, C., Aduse-Poku, K., Braby, M.F., Chiba, H., Gott, R.J., Maruyama, K., Morais, A.B., Müller, C.J., Peggie, D., Sáfián, S., Vila, R., Warren, A.D., Yago, M., Breinholt, J.W., Espeland, M., Pierce, N.E., Lohman, D.J., Kawahara, A.Y.
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Global climate cooling spurred skipper butterfly diversification
Systematic Biology
2025/07
Epstein, M.E., Dupont, S.T., Garzón-Orduña, I.J., Solovyev, A.V., Pierce, N.E., Espeland, M.
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Phylogeny and reclassification of Limacodidae worldwide, with emphasis on the ontogeny of larval defenses (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea)
Insect Systematics and Diversity, 4, 9
2025/05
Letsch, H., Greve, C., Hundsdoerfer, A.K., Irisarri, I., Moore, J.M., Espeland, M., Wanke, S., Arifin, U., Blom, M.P.K., Corrales, C., Donath, A., Fritz, U., Köhler, G., Kück, P., Lemer, S., Mengual, X., Salas, N.M., Meusemann, K., Palandačić, A., Printzen, C., Sigwart, J.D., Silva-Brandão, K.L., Simões, M., Stange, M., Suh, A., Szucsich, N., Tilic, E., Töpfer, T., Böhne, A., Janke, A., Pauls, S.
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Type genomics: a framework for integrating genomic data into biodiversity and taxonomic research
Systematic Biology, 6, 74
2025/03
Pyrcz, T.W., Mahecha-J., O., Lachowska-Cierlik, D., Boyer, P., Lucci Freitas, A.V., Florczyk, K., Fahraeus, C., Cerdeña, J., Núñez-Bustos, E.O., Espeland, M.
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Evolutionary history of Neotropical butterflies of the infratribe Neosatyriti based on target enrichment (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Satyrini, Pronophilina)
Invertebrate Systematics, 4, 39
2025/03
HUANG, S., HORIE, K., MARTIN, G., ESPELAND, M.
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Taxonomic notes on the genus Himantopterus Wesmael (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Himantopteridae) with descriptions of three new taxa
Zootaxa, 2, 5601

2024

2024/10
Pyrcz, T., Mahecha-J., O., Boyer, P., Lachowska-Cielik, D., Cerdeña, J., Farfán, J., Garlacz, R., Lorenc-Brudecka, J., Bálint, Z., Fåhraeus, C., Zając-Garlacz, K.S., Espeland, M.
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A snow-dwelling tropical butterfly? An unprecedented discovery of a new genus of the Pedaliodes clade in an extreme, high-altitude Andean environment (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 2, 202
2024/10
Joshi, M., Espeland, M., Huemer, P., deWaard, J., Mutanen, M.
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Species delimitation under allopatry: genomic insights within and across continents in Lepidoptera
Insect systematics and diversity, 5, 8
2024/10
Nunez, R., Álvarez, Y., Miller, J.Y., Lott, D.M., Fernández, D.M., Espeland, M.
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A new species of Choranthus Scudder (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Heperiinae) from northeastern Cuba
Tropical lepidoptera research, 2, 34
2024/10
HUANG, S., MARTIN, G., ESPELAND, M.
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Resurrection of the genus Eremothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 5519
2024/09
HUANG, S., INAYOSHI, Y., ESPELAND, M.
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Two new genus-group replacement names of Riodinidae from Asia (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae)
Zootaxa, 2, 5512
2024/09
HUANG, S., INAYOSHI, Y., ESPELAND, M.
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Two new genus-group replacement names of Riodinidae from Asia (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae)
Zootaxa, 2, 5512
2024/08
Rduch, V., Dey, L., Ghazaryan, A., Husemann, M., Iankoshvili, G., Krammer, H., Lambrecht, M., Marabuto, E., Mengual, X., Müller, B., Peters, R., Rulik, B., Salden, T., Silva-Brandao, K.L., Espeland, M., Thormann, J., Töpfer, T., Weiss, C., Zyla, D., Hein, N.
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Exkursion in den Kaukasus: Der CaBOL BioBlitz 2022 in Armenien und Georgien
Koenigiana, 18
2024/07
HUANG, S., INAYOSHI, Y., LÉGER, T., ESPELAND, M.
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The riodinid taxa described by Rudolf Emil Mell (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae), with notes on related ones
Zootaxa, 5, 5481
2024/07
Jiménez-Mejías, P., Manzano, S., Gowda, V., Krell, F., Lin, M., Martín-Bravo, S., Martín-Torrijos, L., Nieto Feliner, G., Mosyakin, S.L., Naczi, R.F.C., Acedo, C., Álvarez, I., Crisci, J.V., Luceño Garcés, M., Manning, J., Moreno Saiz, J.C., Muasya, A.M., Riina, R., Meseguer, A.S., Sánchez-Mata, D., El-Hawagry, M.S.A., Rad, M.A., Blandin, P., Schmitt, M., Hayashi, R., Kim, S., Ronikier, A., Ronikier, M., Chozas, S., Anjos, A., Garbino, G.S.T., Rogov, M., Morales, M.B., Verde, C.L.L., Çilden, E., Shuka, D., Gjeta, E., Shuka, L., Meco, M., Shumka, S., Benghanem, A.N., Tahri, D., Hocine, L., Meddour, R., Boubar, S., Benhouhou, S., Pladevall, C., Gonçalves, F.M.P., Pérez-González, A., Carranza, A.V., Prina, A.O., Prado, D.E., Gutiérrez, D.G., Guerrero, E.L., Lavilla, E.O., Minghetti, E., Agnolín, F., Alfosno, G.L., Cantero, J.J., Faivovich, J., Katinas, L., Laurito, M., Arana, M., Melo, M.C., Ponce, M.J., Fabbroni, M., Ortiz, P.E., Demaio, P.H., Dellapé, P.M., Teta, P., Kiesling, R., Aleksanyan, A., Fayvush, G., Jones, B., Bickel, D.J., Håkansson, E., Kupriyanova, E., Shea, G., Kellermann, J., Wilson, K.L., Mucina, L., Morris, N., Cranston, P., Crossing, P., Allsopp, P.G., Weston, P., Hoser, R., Pethiyagoda, R., Eipper, S., Worthy, T.H., Bejsak-Colloredo-Mansfeld, V.R., Frajman, B., Pachschwöll, C., Schneeweiss, G.M., Pils, G., Voglmayr, H., Krisai-Greilhuber, I., Agiadi, K., Barfuss, M.H.J., Schönswetter, P., Willner, W., Lukashuk, A., Tikhomirov, V.N., Dorchin, A., Henrard, A., Hans, D.B., Verloove, F., Smagghe, G., Verniers, J., Bosselaers, J., Degreef, J., Meganck, K., Chatrou, L., Beyens, L., da Costa, L.M., Sosef, M., Pauwels, O.S.G., Rosa, P., Schoolmeesters, P., Limbourg, P., Gradstein, R., Speijer, R., Ntore, S., Wood, T.J., De Prins, W., Yorou, N.S., Wangchuk, J., Siles, L., Aguirre, L.F., Urioste, L.F.A., Mercado U, M., Pareses-Rodríguez, M.A., Ocampo, M., Bacarreza, P.J.C., Adrović, A., Trožić-Borovac, S., Fanta, D.T., Kury, A.B., Hoffmann, A., Fernandes, A.S., Katz, A.M., Walter, B.M.T., de Moura, C.O., Lopes-Andrade, C., Amorim, D.d.S., Cavallari, D.C., Loebmann, D., Fachin, D.A., da Silva, D.N., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z., Neto, F.L., Lopes, G.P., Costa, H.C., Büneker, H.M., Gonçalves, I.P., Lattke, J.E., Rafael, J.A., Nascimento, J., Pirani, J.R., Külkamp, J., Silva Junior, J.C.G., Araujo-Vieira, K., Giacomin, L.L., Vieira, L.M., Vieira, L.T.A., Borges, L.M., Versieux, L.M., Marinho, L.C., Jordão, L.S.B., de Queiroz, L.P., Trovó, M., Weksler, M., Lhano, M.G., Caruzo, M.B.R., Hoogmoed, M.S., Figueira, M., Medrano, M., Groppo, M., Padilla, O.R., da Silva, O.L.M., Thyssen, P.J., Cardoso, P.H., Silva, R.A.P.F., Trevizan, R., Secco, R.d.S., Simão-Bianchini, R., Thomsom, S., Melo dos Santos, T.C., Caramaschi, U., Sudré dos Santos, V., da Graça, W.J., Rossine, Y., Slik, J.W.F., Grafe, U., Tosheva, A., Asenov, A., Pavlova, D., Konstantinov, F., Kunev, G., Simov, N., Missoup, A.D., Bennett, A.M.R., Hann, B., Morgan, C., Lacroix-Carignan, É., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Sperling, F., Brodo, F., Allen, G.A., Pohl, G.R., Basinger, J., Landry, J., Maunder, J.E., Huber, J., Reynolds, J.W., Cazabonne, J., Aguilar, J.C.V., Buck, M., Costea, M., Barden, O., Cronk, Q., Otfinowski, R., Claramunt, S., Darbyshire, S., Dickinson, T., Crins, W.J., Garri, A.M., Abarca, D.A., Squeo, F.A., Pérez-Schultheiss, J., García-Beltrán, J.A., Rivadeneira, M.M., Rodríguez, S.M., Teillier, S., Nielsen, S.N., Borzee, A., Zhao, B., Shah, B., Yuan, C., Liu, C., Liao, C., Liu, C., Gao, C., Tang, C., Zhang, C., Lau, C.S., Zhou, D., Gustafsson, D.R., Rédei, D., Duan, F., Jia, F., Chen, F., Zhou, G., Huang, G., Xu, H., Gao, H., Yan, H., Naveed, H., Zhu, H., Shi, H., Li, H., Han, H., Liu, J., Huang, J., Liu, J., qiang Cao, J., Sun, J., Guo, J., Chen, J., Guo, J., Sun, J., Wang, J., Zhai, J., Lin, J., Zhang, J., Chen, J., Zhang, J., Tong, J., Kang, K., Wang, K., Cai, K., Ma, K., Xu, K., Zhang, K., Ren, L., Tang, L., Luo, L., Meng, L., Lin, M., Xie, M., Liu, M., Hassan, M.A., Fei, P., Rioual, P., Li, P., Li, P., Bhandari, P., Xu, Q., Gao, Q., GUO, Q., Shen, R., Huang, R., Gao, S., Feng, S., Li, S., Qiu, S., Wang, S., Zhang, S., Zhang, S., Ge, S., Xu, S., Yang, T., Hu, T., He, T., Gao, T., Yin, W., Sun, X., Jin, X., Yang, X., Zeng, X., Zhao, X., Li, X., Yang, X., Bai, X., Liu, X., Duan, X., Zheng, X., Li, X., Zhang, X., Jiang, X., Zhao, Y., Zhao, Y., Fan, Y., Lu, Y., Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Yu, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Yan, Y., Zhao, Y., Li, Y., Dai, Y., Hou, Z., Pan, Z., Wang, Z., Huang, Z., Qi, Z., Lyu, Z., He, Z., Jiang, Z., Gao, Z., Chen, Z., Peng, Z., Hongbin, Z., Li, Z., He, Z., Song, Z., Yin, Z., Shen, Z., Yin, Z., Liang, Z., Mai, Z., Idárraga, A., Rial, A., Agudelo R, A.A., Henao, C.A.A., Robayo, D.S., Cardona, F.J.S., Chaves, H.R., Pinto-Zárate, J., Noriega, J.A., Avendaño, J.E., Guzman, L.E.U., del Pilar Sepúlveda, M., Espitia, M.R., cortes, O., Herrera, S.C., Feldman, S.R., Bouka, G., Karremans, A.P., Bolanos, B.A., Rojas-Alvarado, G., Chinchilla, I.F., Klank, J., Mardones, M., Fateryga, A., Vojta, A., Bielen, A., Maguire, I., Rešetnik, I., Godrijan, J., Skejo, J., Ivković, M., Piria, M., Pavlek, M., Kasalo, N., Hudina, S., Bosak, S., Stankovic, V.M., Palmarola, A., López, C.E.M., Bécquer, E.R., Santos, I.E.M., Iturralde, R.B., Petrusek, A., Bezděk, A., Lisner, A., Quirós-de-la-Peña, B., Vondráček, D., Krahulec, F., Malenovský, I., Sammarco, I., Čepička, I., Bezděk, J., Kaštovský, J., Kollár, J., Leps, J., Pergl, J., Prančl, J., Vondrák, J., Votypka, J., Haxaire, J., Danihelka, J., Hadrava, J., Hájek, J., Malicek, J., Skuhrovec, J., Velebil, J., Lukes, J., Štajerová, K., Ekrt, L., Nedbalová, L., Sekerka, L., Lučanová, M., Eliáš, M., Polášek, M., Lepší, M., Vácha, M., Straka, M., Chytrý, M., Štech, M., Sedláček, O., Šída, O., Mráz, P., Skaloud, P., Bureš, P., Dvořák, P., Kment, P., Koutecký, P., Lepší, P., Pařil, P., Pyšek, P., Šmarda, P., Volf, P., Vasut, R.J., Mally, R., Kundrata, R., Geriš, R., Hlaváček, R., Fer, T., Hauer, T., Urfus, T., Latzel, V., Hampl, V., Yurchenko, V., Nemcova, Y., Fric, Z.F., Kaplan, Z., Romeo, C., Bruun, H.H., Svenning, J., Tan, K., Borregaard, M.K., Thibault, N., Molgaard, P., Jiménez, A.L.M., Jiménez, S.C., Freire-Fierro, A., Loaiza-Lange, A., Jiménez, D.N.O., Armijos-Ojeda, D., Gutiérrez del Pozo, D., Nava, G.P., Pabón-Garcés, G., Ordóñez-Delgado, L., Oleas, N., Székely, P., Burneo, S.F., Romero, V., Nour, I., Badry, M.O., Pototski, A., Prous, M., Kurina, O., Soon, V., DT Gillett, C.P., Losacco, F., Hyvönen, J., Mattila, J., Vihavainen, J., Paukkunen, J., Vuorinen, J., Muona, J., Kaila, L., Myllys, L., Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Uotila, P., Lampinen, R., Lehtonen, S., Tarasov, S., Clayhills, T., Peregrym, M., Dubois, A., Delobe, A., Ohler, A., Huguenin, A., Matocq, A., Mériguet, B., Del Rio, C., Boudouresque, C., Denys, C., Dufresnes, C., Villemant, C., Jouault, C., Jouet, D., Herbin, D., Zuccon, D., Geraads, D., Keith, D., Bellan-Santini, D., Vivent, D., Saliba, E.M., Vela, E., Condamine, F.L., Maddi, F.A., Dusoulier, F., Chalie, F., Debierre-Grockiego, F., Danet, F., Ducarme, F., Kergoat, G., Rouhan, G., Gerriet, ., Gateble, G., Cuny, G., Karadjian, G., Viscardi, G., Savina, H., Jourdan, H., Ineich, I., Fernández-López, J., Huchet, J., Gantier, J., de Massary, J., Josso, J., Trape, J., Harmelin, J., Latil, J., Tison, J., Barbut, J., Depaquit, J., Munzinger, J., Prosperi, J., Engel, J., Leonetti, L., Philippe, M., Rabiller, M., Laguerre, M., Vianey-Liaud, M., Boury-Esnault, N., Montreuil, O., Leraut, P., Bouchet, P., Moretto, P., Maquart, P., Garrouste, R., Rémi, R., Gadoum, S., Buord, S., Stutz, ., Leroy, S.A.G., Deschamps, S., Bruy, T., Ramage, T., Bourgoin, T., Deuve, T., Luccisano, V., Nicolas, V., Felicien, L.J., Kuate, A., Skale, A., Kopetz, A., Reichenbach, A., Weigel, A., Tarieiev, A., Balkenhol, B., Rulik, B., Höpel, C., Oberprieler, C., Reute, C., Montesinos-Tubée, D.B., Ahrens, D., Albach, D.C., Mattern, D., Fischer, E., Marabuto, E., Anton, E., Hita-Garcia, F., Creutzburg, F., Fritzlar, F., Fery, H., Esser, H.(., Lack, H., Freitag, H., Dombrow, H., Kippenberg, H., Riedel, J., Kipping, J., Schmidt, J., Mülle, J., Rova, J., Hutchinson, J.M.C., Gebert, J., Sigwart, J., Wiesner, J., Wesche, K., Ulitzka, M., Müller, M., Espeland, M., Hartmann, M., Weigend, M., Solórzano-Kraemer, M.M., Lamkowski, P., Lommatzsch, P., Zahiri, R., Gebauer, S., Ingrisch, S., Gregor, T., Chepinoga, V., Puthz, V., von Wirth, V., Zografidis, A., Mermygkas, D., Fotiadis, G., Dimopoulos, P., Aju-Torres, J., Morales-Esquivel, O., Ferrufino-Acosta, L., Móra, A., Tóth, B., Pernecker, B., Páll-Gergely, B., Csuzdi, C., Szita, É., Kontschán, J., Balog, L.E., Boda, P., Kóbor, P., Hornok, S., Németh, T., Szűts, T., Szők, V., Csabai, Z., Fehér, Z., Vas, Z., Guðmundsson, G., Ajayan, A.P., Kalawate, A., Watve, A., Ghosh, A., Prabhakar, C.S., Pal, G.S., Goswami, H.K., Prathapan, K.D., Garlani, L., Palaniswami, M.S., Thapa, M.K., Javid, O., Nagar, P.S., Rajan, P.D., Salini, S., Rathod, S.G., Molur, S., Singh, S.K., Phartyal, S.S., Karuppusamy, S., Sheikh, T., Irham, M., Muhaimin, M., Mustaqim, W.A., Yonvitner, ., Mahdavi, A., Zeraatkar, A., Pahlevani, A.H., Pirani, A., Memarian, F., Moazzeni, H., Habibi, M., Doostmohammadi, M., Azani, N., Pourghorban, Z., Griffin, B., Guiry, M., Wyse Jackson, P.N., Bouskila, A., Shacham, B., Gossa, T., Ballerio, A., Allievi, A., Bisi, A., Chiarucci, A., Hilpold, A., Rosso, A., Mingozzi, A., Giovanni, B., Massa, B., Giusto, C., Lombardi, C., Nepi, C., Scaccini, D., Fontaneto, D., Banfi, E., Gallo, E., Bertasi, F., Bartolucci, F., Fabbriciani, F., Rigato, F., Marrone, F., Sciuto, F., Andreone, F., Galasso, G., de Jager, G., Polgar, G., Chiozzi, G., Tessa, G., Gardini, G., Petroni, G., Fenu, G., Filibeck, G., Mazzini, I., Langeneck, J., Peruzzi, L., Bartolozzi, L., Vecchioni, L., Bologna, M.A., , ., Dellacasa, M., Uliana, M., Faccoli, M., Zilioli, M., Novarini, N., Majorano, P., 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