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New Neotropical and Nearctic species of water beetles in the genera Hydraena Kugelann and Ochthebius Leach, a key to North American genera and subgenera of the family, new distribution records, and a synopsis of ecology, behavior and morphology related to aquatic life (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

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Perkins, Philip D. (2023): New Neotropical and Nearctic species of water beetles in the genera Hydraena Kugelann and Ochthebius Leach, a key to North American genera and subgenera of the family, new distribution records, and a synopsis of ecology, behavior and morphology related to aquatic life (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 5367 (1): 1-86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5367.1.1, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5367.1.1/52225

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