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Systematic Revision Of The Troglomorphic North American Scorpion Family Typhlochactidae (Scorpiones: Chactoidea)

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Vignoli, Valerio, Prendini, Lorenzo (2009): Systematic Revision Of The Troglomorphic North American Scorpion Family Typhlochactidae (Scorpiones: Chactoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2009 (326): 1-94, DOI: 10.1206/570.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/570.1

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