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A new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from southeastern plains of Tamil Nadu, India

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Deshpande, Shubhankar, Gowande, Gaurang, Bastawade, Deshabhushan, Sulakhe, Shauri (2022): A new species of Isometrus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from southeastern plains of Tamil Nadu, India. Euscorpius 353: 1-19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7163239

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