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A new giant species of the millipede genus Prionopetalum Attems, 1909 from Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae)
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- 1. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen OE, Denmark & trinehansen@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1812-6475
- 2. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen OE, Denmark
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Rosenmejer, Trine, Enghoff, Henrik (2021): A new giant species of the millipede genus Prionopetalum Attems, 1909 from Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae). Zootaxa 4950 (3): 561-570, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.3.8
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