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A fresh look at Cosmetus Perty, 1833 (Opiliones: Cosmetidae), with new synonymies and description of two new species from Colombia

  • 1. Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia & miangelmed@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3215-3592
  • 2. Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia & adrianok@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8334-6204
  • 3. leonelmarbio@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4166-0561

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Medrano, Miguel, Kury, Adriano B., Martinez, Leonel (2021): A fresh look at Cosmetus Perty, 1833 (Opiliones: Cosmetidae), with new synonymies and description of two new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 5004 (3): 430-446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.2

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