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The spiny theridiid genus Meotipa Simon, 1895 in India, with description of a strange new species with translucent abdomen and a phylogenetic analysis about the genus placement (Araneae, Theridiidae)
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Kulkarni, Siddharth, Vartak, Atul, Deshpande, Vishwas, Halali, Dheeraj (2017): The spiny theridiid genus Meotipa Simon, 1895 in India, with description of a strange new species with translucent abdomen and a phylogenetic analysis about the genus placement (Araneae, Theridiidae). Zootaxa 4291 (3): 504-520, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.4
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