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Three new species of the Amynthas hawayanus‐group (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Hainan Island, China

Qi Zhao School of Agriculture and Biology in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Jing Sun School of Pratacultural and Environmental Science, Xinjiang Agriculture University, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
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Jiang‐Ping Qiu School of Agriculture and Biology in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1027-1041 | Received 29 May 2008, Accepted 15 Jan 2009, Published online: 02 Dec 2010

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