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References
- ↑ "Annotated checklist of millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) of Sri Lanka". Research Gate. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ↑ "Catapyrgodesmus ceylonicus Silvestri, 1920 (accepted name)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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