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Centipede systematics: progress and problems*

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Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2007): Centipede systematics: progress and problems*. Zootaxa 1668 (1): 327-341, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.17, URL: https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1668.1.17

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