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New giant pill-millipede species from the littoral forest of Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zoosphaerium)

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Wesener, Thomas, Sierwald, Petra (2005): New giant pill-millipede species from the littoral forest of Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zoosphaerium). Zootaxa 1097 (1): 1-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1097.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1097.1.1

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