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The 'curse of Horaeomorphus' (almost) lifted. Revision of misplaced species from Madagascar, Comoros and Mascarenes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

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Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): The 'curse of Horaeomorphus' (almost) lifted. Revision of misplaced species from Madagascar, Comoros and Mascarenes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5505 (1): 1-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5505.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5505.1.1

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