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On the putatively incorrect identification and "redescription" of Paratropis elicioi Dupérré 2015 (Paratropididae, Araneae) with the description of two new sympatric species from Ecuador

  • 1. Zoological Museum, Center of Natural History, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
  • 2. Fundación OTONGA, Calle Rither y Bolivia Quito, Ecuador. & https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9005-5328

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Dupérré, Nadine, Tapia, Elicio (2020): On the putatively incorrect identification and "redescription" of Paratropis elicioi Dupérré 2015 (Paratropididae, Araneae) with the description of two new sympatric species from Ecuador. Zootaxa 4869 (3): 326-346, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.2

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