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Systematic Revision Of The Arboreal Neotropical "Thorellii" Clade Of Centruroides Marx, 1890, Bark Scorpions (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837) With Descriptions Of Six New Species

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  • 1. Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York; Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History; Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences
  • 2. Arachnology Lab and Scorpion Systematics Research Group, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History
  • 3. Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Goodman, Aaron M., Prendini, Lorenzo, Francke, Oscar F., Esposito, Lauren A. (2021): Systematic Revision Of The Arboreal Neotropical "Thorellii" Clade Of Centruroides Marx, 1890, Bark Scorpions (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837) With Descriptions Of Six New Species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2021 (452): 1-93, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.452.1.1

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