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Glacial Relicts? A New Scorpion from Mount Olympus, Greece (Euscorpiidae: Euscorpius)

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Blasco-Aróstegui, Javier, Prendini, Lorenzo (2023): Glacial Relicts? A New Scorpion from Mount Olympus, Greece (Euscorpiidae: Euscorpius). American Museum Novitates 2023 (4003): 1-36, DOI: 10.1206/4003.1, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2023/issue-4003/4003.1/Glacial-Relicts-a-New-Scorpion-from-Mount-Olympus-Greece-Euscorpiidae/10.1206/4003.1.full

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