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A revision and addition to Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Baltic amber: possible connections between modern Holarctic distributions and Eocene 'amber forests'
- 1. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Nevskogo 14, Kaliningrad 236016, Russia.
- 2. Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St., Regina, SK, S4P 4W7, Canada. & Biology Department, University of Regina, Regina, SK, S4S 0A2, Canada; & Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045, USA;
- 3. Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia.
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ALEKSEEV, VITALII, MCKELLAR, RYAN C., BUKEJS, ANDRIS (2024): A revision and addition to Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Baltic amber: possible connections between modern Holarctic distributions and Eocene 'amber forests'. Zootaxa 5536 (2): 201-247, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.1
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