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Integrative description of new giant pill-millipedes from southern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)

  • 1. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen OE, Denmark.
  • 2. Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany. & Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
  • 3. Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany.

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Rosenmejer, Trine, Enghoff, Henrik, Moritz, Leif, Wesener, Thomas (2021): Integrative description of new giant pill-millipedes from southern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 762 (1): 108-132, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1457, URL: http://zoobank.org/253b791f-78ff-42ac-8047-e92449ba4e47

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