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Nine new earthworm species of Proandricus Plisko, 1992 from South Africa and Lesotho (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae)

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Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta (2002): Nine new earthworm species of Proandricus Plisko, 1992 from South Africa and Lesotho (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae). African Invertebrates 43: 183-204, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7666001

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