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New Species of the Bristletail Genus Coryphophthalmus Verh. (Archaeognatha, Machilidae) from the Caucasus

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Eight new species of the genus Coryphophthalmus are described from Abkhazia, Krasnodar Territory, and North Ossetia: Coryphophthalmus prosvirovisp. n.,C. brunioculussp. n.,C. messazhayisp. n.,C. silvestrissp. n.,C. lapidicolasp. n.,C. alanicussp. n.,C. viridioculussp. n., and C. bicolorioculussp. n. A review of the distribution, morphological characters, and a key to species of the genus Coryphophthalmus are given.

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Kaplin, V.G. New Species of the Bristletail Genus Coryphophthalmus Verh. (Archaeognatha, Machilidae) from the Caucasus. Entmol. Rev. 100, 365–404 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820030094

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