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Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, School of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China. & xyfxr1005@163.com; https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0594-9724
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, School of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China. & Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. & liuhy@hbu.edu.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1383-5560
  • 3. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. & yangxk@ioz.ac.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3676-6828
  • 4. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, School of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China. & Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. & yxyang@hbu.edu.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3118-6659 *Corresponding authors

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Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke, Yang, Yu-Xia (2024): Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China. Zootaxa 5534 (1): 1-69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1

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