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Integrative taxonomy of the pseudoscorpion family Chernetidae (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferoidea): evidence for new range-restricted species in the Dinaric Karst

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  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2. Department of Invertebrates, Museum of Nature Hamburg - Zoology, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, Hamburg, Germany
  • 3. Collections and Research, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia & School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia

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Hlebec, Dora, Harms, Danilo, Kučinić, Mladen, Harvey, Mark S. (2024): Integrative taxonomy of the pseudoscorpion family Chernetidae (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferoidea): evidence for new range-restricted species in the Dinaric Karst. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 200 (3): 644-669, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad083, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad083

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