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    "title": "An updated checklist of Italian cave springtails (Collembola), with new records, species descriptions and DNA barcodes",
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    "abstract": "<p>Springtails (Collembola) are among the most abundant subterranean invertebrates, yet knowledge of their diversity in Italian caves remains incomplete. This study serves to update the Italian cave springtail checklist, which has been previously documented as containing 106 species. The updated checklist, which incorporates data from literature up to the year 2025, as well as the results of new field surveys conducted in northern Italy and DNA barcoding analyses, now lists 134 species. Among the recorded taxa, 38 are obligate cave-dwellers and 28 are endemic, with Onychiuridae being the most represented family. The following three new species are described: <em>Onychiuroides alpinus</em> n. sp., <em>Deuteraphorura venetiana</em> n. sp., and <em>Protaphorura baldanii</em> n. sp. These species are from Veneto and Lombardy. The analysis of data from ice caves has led to the conclusion that these environments serve as refugia for cold-adapted species. Furthermore, the data suggest the presence of a previously unrecognized shared Alpine–Pyrenean lineage. These findings underscore the rich and understudied subterranean biodiversity in Italy and highlight the importance of continued taxonomic and ecological research to inform conservation strategies for vulnerable cave ecosystems.</p>",
    "language": "eng",
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        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
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    "keywords": [
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            "word": "Collembola"
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            "word": "Cave Biodiversity"
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            "word": "troglobiont"
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            "word": "DNA barcoding"
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            "first_name": "Barbara",
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            "last_name": "Valle",
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            "institution": "University of Siena",
            "department": "Department of Life Sciences,",
            "country": "Italy"
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    "date_submitted": "2025-11-16T21:10:34.167000+02:00",
    "date_accepted": "2025-12-24T13:02:51.478000+02:00",
    "date_published": "2025-12-29T11:21:00+02:00",
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