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Revision of some of the oldest species in the millipede genus Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotheriidae), with new synonymies
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Spiegel, Didier Van den, Golovatch, Sergei I., Hamer, and Michelle L. (2002): Revision of some of the oldest species in the millipede genus Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotheriidae), with new synonymies. African Invertebrates 43: 143-181, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7666078
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