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Like grains of sand: Ninetis spiders on the Arabian Peninsula (Araneae: Pholcidae)
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- 1. Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, LIB, Adenauerallee 127, 53113, Bonn, Germany.
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Huber, Bernhard A., Meng, Guanliang (2025): Like grains of sand: Ninetis spiders on the Arabian Peninsula (Araneae: Pholcidae). Zootaxa 5563 (1): 290-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.19, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.19
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