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On Antillean ochyroceratines (Scytodoidea: Ochyroceratidae: Ochyroceratinae), with the description of three new species from Cuba

  • 1. División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" / CONICET, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Pérez-González, Abel, Magalhaes, Ivan L. F. (2025): On Antillean ochyroceratines (Scytodoidea: Ochyroceratidae: Ochyroceratinae), with the description of three new species from Cuba. Zootaxa 5563 (1): 264-289, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.18, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.18

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