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Thirty-four new species of Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the East Papua Composite Terrane, far eastern New Guinea

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Polhemus, Dan A. (2024): Thirty-four new species of Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the East Papua Composite Terrane, far eastern New Guinea. Zootaxa 5400 (1): 1-214, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5400.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5400.1.1

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