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Parasironidae fam. nov., a Cimmerian lineage of Mediterranean Cyphophthalmi (Opiliones), with the description of three new genera and four new species

  • 1. Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
  • 2. Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, University of Sofia, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • 3. Zoological Institute NAS of Azerbaijan, passage 1128, distr. 504, 1073 Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Karaman, Ivo M., Mitov, Plamen G., Snegovaya, Nataly (2024): Parasironidae fam. nov., a Cimmerian lineage of Mediterranean Cyphophthalmi (Opiliones), with the description of three new genera and four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 921 (1): 173-209, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2427, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2427/10741

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