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Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula

  • 1. Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
  • 2. Croatian Biospeleological Society, Zagreb, Croatia. & Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • 3. Blwd Kuzman Josifovski Pitu, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia.

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Huber, Bernhard A., Pavlek, Martina, Komnenov, Marjan (2021): Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy 752: 1-60, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.752.1391

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