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Life-history traits of the Brazilian litter-dwelling scorpion: post-embryonic development and reproductive behaviour in Ananteris mauryi Lourenço, 1982 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)
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de Araujo Lira, André Felipe, Correia de Araújo, Jonathas Correia, Dionisio-da-Silva, Welton, de Albuquerque, Cleide Maria Ribeiro (2021): Life-history traits of the Brazilian litter-dwelling scorpion: post-embryonic development and reproductive behaviour in Ananteris mauryi Lourenço, 1982 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Journal of Natural History 55 (21-22): 1323-1334, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1925766, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1925766
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