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Description of a new species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from southern India

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Deepak, V., Khandekar, Akshay, Varma, Sandeep, Chaitanya, R. (2016): Description of a new species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from southern India. Zootaxa 4139 (2): 167-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.2

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