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Systematic Revision Of The Sand Scorpions, Genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837) Of The Levant, With Redescription Of Buthacus Arenicola (Simon, 1885) From Algeria And Tunisia

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Cain, Shlomo, Gefen, Eran, Prendini, Lorenzo (2021): Systematic Revision Of The Sand Scorpions, Genus Buthacus Birula, 1908 (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837) Of The Levant, With Redescription Of Buthacus Arenicola (Simon, 1885) From Algeria And Tunisia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2021 (450): 1-137, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.450.1.1, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-american-museum-of-natural-history/volume-450/issue-1/0003-0090.450.1.1/Systematic-Revision-of-the-Sand-Scorpions-Genus-Buthacus-Birula-1908/10.1206/0003-0090.450.1.1.full

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