First record of Centruroides alayoni Armas, 1999 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Haiti, Greater Antilles
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عنوان ژورنال: Euscorpius
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1536-9307
DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2017.vol2017.iss244.1