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A new, apparently lotic species of Relictorygmus from the Northern Cape Kamiesberg, South Africa (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Cylominae)

  • 1. School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK & Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
  • 2. Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, and Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa

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Bilton, David T., Mlambo, Musa C. (2024): A new, apparently lotic species of Relictorygmus from the Northern Cape Kamiesberg, South Africa (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Cylominae). Zootaxa 5448 (1): 143-150, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.1.10, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8

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