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Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat n

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Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Hoferek, David, Š, V. A. (2016): Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat n. Euscorpius 220: 1-133, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1

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