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redescriptionHamer, M. L. (2000). Review of the millipede genus Doratogonus, with descriptions of fifteen new species from Southern Africa (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). Annals of the Natal Museum, 41: 1-76 page(s): 64-66 [details]
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