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Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus)
- 1. Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Knossos Av., Herakleion 71409, Crete, Greece.
- 2. Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.
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Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2013): Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus). Zootaxa 3734 (2): 169-198, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.5
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