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New data on zodariid spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean
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- 1. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic.
- 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art & Sciences, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, TR-51240 Niğde, Turkey
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Shafaie, Sepideh, Stano PEKÁR, Osman SEYYAR (2025): New data on zodariid spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. European Journal of Taxonomy 1016: 1-139, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1016.3063, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3063/13687
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