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On the African Whip Scorpion, Etienneus africanus (Hentschel, 1899) (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae), with a Redescription Based on New Material from Guinea-Bissau and Senegal

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Huff, Jeremy C., Prendini, Lorenzo (2009): On the African Whip Scorpion, Etienneus africanus (Hentschel, 1899) (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae), with a Redescription Based on New Material from Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. American Museum Novitates 3658: 1-16, DOI: 10.1206/674.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/674.1

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