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Evidence of multiple divergent mitochondrial lineages within the southern African diplopod genus Bicoxidens Attems, 1928 (Spirostreptida)

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Pages 229-235 | Received 17 May 2017, Accepted 29 Sep 2017, Published online: 17 Dec 2017

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