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Two new earthworm species of the genus Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from central Taiwan, with comments on some recent species assignments in Amynthas and Metaphire
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Shen, Huei-Ping, Chang, Chih-Han, Chih, Wen-Jay (2019): Two new earthworm species of the genus Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from central Taiwan, with comments on some recent species assignments in Amynthas and Metaphire. Zootaxa 4658 (1): 101-123, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.4
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