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original descriptionSchubart, O. (1945). Os Proterospermophora do Distrito Federal (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 38: 1-156. Rio de Janeiro page(s): 72; note: figs 65-68, HT Male MNRJ (destroyed by fire in 2018) [details]
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