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Four new earthworm species of the genus Amynthas (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from southwestern Taiwan with re-description of Amynthas tungpuensis Tsai, Shen and Tsai, 1999

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Shen, Huei-Ping, Chang, Chih-Han, Chih, Wen-Jay (2016): Four new earthworm species of the genus Amynthas (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from southwestern Taiwan with re-description of Amynthas tungpuensis Tsai, Shen and Tsai, 1999. Journal of Natural History 50 (29-30): 1889-1910, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1180721, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1180721

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