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Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine)
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Mitov, Plamen G., Perkovsky, Evgeny E., Dunlop, Jason A. (2021): Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine). Zootaxa 4984 (1): 43-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.6
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