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Clustered setation on the pedipalps of buthid scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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Lowe, Graeme, Tang, Victoria (2024): Clustered setation on the pedipalps of buthid scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 398: 1-77, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14660550

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