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    "Laboratori d’Investigació d’Entomologia, Departament de Zoologia, Universitat de València, C/ Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, València, Spain",
    "Fédération française de Spéléologie, Commission scientifique, Groupe d’Étude de Biospéologie, France",
    "Departament of Geography, University of the Balearic Islands, Road of Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma, Spain",
    "Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), CSIC, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain"
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  "doi": "10.5852/ejt.2026.1112.3345",
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  "published": "2026-10-23",
  "publisher": "Consortium of European Natural History Museums",
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  "title": "Impressive cave-adapted japygids (Diplura, Japygidae) from Mediterranean and Southeast Asia caves",
  "title_text": "Impressive cave-adapted japygids (Diplura, Japygidae) from Mediterranean and Southeast Asia caves",
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  "venue": "European Journal of Taxonomy",
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