''Suboestophora'' is a genus of air-breathing

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."''Suboestophora'' Ortiz de Zarate Lopez 1962"

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, accessed 13 January 2011. It is found in Spain.

Species

Species within the genus ''Suboestophora'' include: * '' Suboestophora altamirai'' (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962)"Species in genus ''Suboestophora''"
(n=8).

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, accessed 13 January 2011. * '' Suboestophora boscae'' (Hidalgo, 1869) * '' Suboestophora ebria'' Corbella i Alonso, 2004 * '' Suboestophora gasulli'' (Ortiz de Zárate Rocandio & Ortiz de Zárate López, 1961) (synonym: '' Gasullia gasulli'' (Ortiz de Zárate Rocandio & Ortiz de Zárate López, 1961)) * '' Suboestophora hispanica'' (Gude, 1910) - type species * '' Suboestophora jeresae'' (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962) * '' Suboestophora kuiperi'' (Gasull, 1966) * '' Suboestophora tarraconensis'' (Aguilar-Amat, 1935)

References

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