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Three new species of the spider family Pholcidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taita-Taveta, Kenya
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Yao, Zhiyuan, Kioko, Grace M., Kioko, Esther N., Li, Shuqiang (2019): Three new species of the spider family Pholcidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taita-Taveta, Kenya. Zootaxa 4651 (1): 114-124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.1.7
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