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A new species of centipede of the genus Cryptops Leach (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) from southern Western Ghats with a key to the species of Cryptops in India

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Balan, Dhanya, Sureshan, P. M., Khanna, Vinod (2012): A new species of centipede of the genus Cryptops Leach (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) from southern Western Ghats with a key to the species of Cryptops in India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (4): 2510-2514, DOI: 10.11609/JoTT.o3035.2510-4

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