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Research Article

The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus

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Pages 311-329 | Received 04 Jul 2023, Accepted 11 Jan 2024, Published online: 18 Mar 2024

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