A sternophorid pseudoscorpion (chelonethi) in Dominican amber, with remarks on the family

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 419-428

  Judson, Mark L I ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

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