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Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Desertas Islands (Madeira archipelago, Portugal): description of a new subspecies and faunistic notes
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- 1. LIBRe - Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 17 (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13), 00014 Helsinki, Finland. & National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC), Rua da Escola Politécnica 56, 1250-102 Lisboa, Portugal.
- 2. LIBRe - Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 17 (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13), 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
- 3. LIBRe - Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 17 (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13), 00014 Helsinki, Finland. & IUCN SSC Atlantic Island Invertebrates Specialist Group, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal.
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Serrano, Artur R.M., Aguiar, Carlos A.S., Cardoso, Pedro, Pereira, Fernando, Prado, Catarina, Rego, Carla, Silva, Isamberto, Boieiro, Mário (2025): Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Desertas Islands (Madeira archipelago, Portugal): description of a new subspecies and faunistic notes. Zootaxa 5683 (3): 397-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.3.4
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