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New species in the family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 from high altitude habitats in Myanmar, with the first case of penetration of the female's cuticle by a male in the RTA-clade (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae)

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Jäger, Peter, Minn, Myin Zu (2015): New species in the family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 from high altitude habitats in Myanmar, with the first case of penetration of the female's cuticle by a male in the RTA-clade (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae). Zootaxa 3994 (2): 235-252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.4

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