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Description of a new species of Cladomelea bolas-spider from South Africa, with notes on its behaviour (Araneae: Araneidae)

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Roff, John, Dippenaar-Schoeman, Ansie (2004): Description of a new species of Cladomelea bolas-spider from South Africa, with notes on its behaviour (Araneae: Araneidae). African Invertebrates 45: 1-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7909888

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