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Disentangling the Pelodiscus axenaria complex, with the description of a new Chinese species and neotype designation for P. axenaria (Zhou, Zhang & Fang, 1991)
- 1. gsp621@163.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5508-6962
- 2. Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, A. B. Meyer Building, 01109 Dresden, Germany & uwe.fritz@senckenberg.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-7214
- 3. Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, A. B. Meyer Building, 01109 Dresden, Germany & melita.vamberger@senckenberg.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1404-2469
- 4. Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, China & gaoyc0412@163.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-4267
- 5. 21 Bercsényi St., 2464 Gyúró, Hungary & farkasbalazs@yahoo.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-8872
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Gong, Shiping, Fritz, Uwe, Vamberger, Melita, Gao, Yangchun, Farkas, Balázs (2022): Disentangling the Pelodiscus axenaria complex, with the description of a new Chinese species and neotype designation for P. axenaria (Zhou, Zhang & Fang, 1991). Zootaxa 5125 (2): 131-143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5125.2.2
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