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The short-legged Andean cosmetids revisited: the genus Libitia Simon, 1879 with description of two new species (Opiliones, Cosmetidae)

  • 1. Laboratório de Aracnologia, Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20.940-040, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil.

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Medrano, Miguel, Ázara, Ludson Neves de, Kury, Adriano Brilhante (2020): The short-legged Andean cosmetids revisited: the genus Libitia Simon, 1879 with description of two new species (Opiliones, Cosmetidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 634: 1-25, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.634

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