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Cave-dwelling Neobisiidae in South China Karst, with descriptions of twelve new species of Bisetocreagris (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae) from Guizhou Province

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5809-5984 & College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China chenj@ioz.ac.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0325-2532 & Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, College of Life sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China dudu06042001@163.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-1031 *Corresponding author
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, College of Life sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China dudu06042001@163.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-1031 *Corresponding author
  • 3. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5809-5984 & College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China chenj@ioz.ac.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0325-2532

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Feng, Zegang, Zhang, Feng, Chen, Jun (2023): Cave-dwelling Neobisiidae in South China Karst, with descriptions of twelve new species of Bisetocreagris (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae) from Guizhou Province. Zootaxa 5395 (1): 1-77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5395.1.1, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5395.1.1/52550

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