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A new genus and sixteen new species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) described from the Heredia Province of Costa Rica with several additional records from the Osa Peninsula and Panama

  • 1. W4806 Chrissie Circle, Shawano, WI 54166, U.S.A.
  • 2. Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit PO Box 17, University of Helsinki, Finland FIN-00014
  • 3. Insectopia Insect Museum, BioSur Foundation Puerto Jiménez, Península de Osa, Costa Rica jim.cordoba@biosurcorcovado.org

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Otto, Robert L., Muona, Jyrki, Córdoba-Alfaro, Jim (2023): A new genus and sixteen new species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) described from the Heredia Province of Costa Rica with several additional records from the Osa Peninsula and Panama. Insecta Mundi 2023 (991): 1-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10831085

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