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New syarinid pseudoscorpions from Ecuador (Pseudoscorpiones, Syarinidae: Ideobisium and Ideoblothrus)

  • 1. Zoological Museum Hamburg, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. & Universität Hamburg, Fachbereich Biologie, Ohnhorststrasse 18, 22609 Hamburg, Germany.
  • 2. Western Australian Museum, Collections & Research Centre, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, Western Australia 6106, Australia. & University of Western Australia, School of Biological Sciences, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
  • 3. Zoological Museum Hamburg, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.

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Mau, Sofía Amieva, Harvey, Mark S., Harms, Danilo (2022): New syarinid pseudoscorpions from Ecuador (Pseudoscorpiones, Syarinidae: Ideobisium and Ideoblothrus). European Journal of Taxonomy 821 (1): 102-149, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.821.1801, URL: http://zoobank.org/5f144aec-256a-4f0c-afbf-df8c5e2be843

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