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Alien spiders: First record of Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967 (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Amazon region, Brazil

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Almeida, Marlus Queiroz, Alves-Oliveira, João Rafael, Mendes, Diego Matheus de Mello, Sobral, Rafael, Silva-Neto, Alberto Moreira da, Morais, José Wellington de (2019): Alien spiders: First record of Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967 (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Amazon region, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 59: 1-7, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.53, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.53

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