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Two new genera and two new species of troglobitic harvestmen of Stygnopsidae (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptoidea) from Oaxaca, Mexico, with notes on selected morphological characters

  • 1. Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70-153, 04510, Ciudad de México (Mexico) and Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP), Centro Regional de Investigación Pacífico Sur (CIRPAS), Campo Experimental Valles Centrales, Melchor Ocampo No. 7, Santo Domingo Barrio Bajo, Villa de Etla, 68200 Oaxaca (Mexico) thelyphonidito@gmail.com

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Cruz-López, Jesús A. (2021): Two new genera and two new species of troglobitic harvestmen of Stygnopsidae (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptoidea) from Oaxaca, Mexico, with notes on selected morphological characters. Zoosystema 43 (5): 101-112, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a5

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