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Contributions to the millipede genus Nepalella Shear, 1979 from China, with four new species and first results on phylogeny based on DNA-barcoding (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Megalotylidae)

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Liu, Weixin, Wesener, Thomas, Golovatch, Sergei, Tian, Mingyi (2017): Contributions to the millipede genus Nepalella Shear, 1979 from China, with four new species and first results on phylogeny based on DNA-barcoding (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Megalotylidae). Zootaxa 4243 (3): 455-482, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.3

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