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The "hairy beast " - Zorotypus hirsutus sp. n., an unusual new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from Burmese amber

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Mashimo, Yuta, Müller, Patrick, Pohl, Hans, Beutel, Rolf G. (2018): The "hairy beast " - Zorotypus hirsutus sp. n., an unusual new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4508 (4): 562-568, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.4

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