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Two new species of earthworms belonging to the genus Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Guangxi Province, China

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Dong, Yan, Yuan, Zhu, Jiang, Jibao, Zhao, Qi, Qiu, Jiangping (2018): Two new species of earthworms belonging to the genus Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Guangxi Province, China. Zootaxa 4496 (1): 259-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.21

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