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The water striders (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Costa Rica: new species, checklist, and new records
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Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Springer, Monika (2018): The water striders (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Costa Rica: new species, checklist, and new records. Zootaxa 4471 (3): 493-522, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.3.4
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