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Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Israel

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ZONSTEIN, SERGEI, MARUSIK, YURI M. (2013): Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Israel. Zootaxa 3671 (1): 1-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3671.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3671.1.1

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