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Revision of the genus Olivierus in Xinjiang, China, with comments on Mesobuthus thersites (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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Tang, Victoria, Liu, Zhenbang, Graham, Matthew R., Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František, Šťáhlavský, František (2024): Revision of the genus Olivierus in Xinjiang, China, with comments on Mesobuthus thersites (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 383: 1-58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10833863

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