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Dangerous Liaisons: From cryptic female choice to medieval battlefields in genital evolution of the Galerucini (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)
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Flowers, R. Wills (2025): Dangerous Liaisons: From cryptic female choice to medieval battlefields in genital evolution of the Galerucini (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). Zoosystema 47 (22): 445-471, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a22, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/zoosystema2025v47a22.pdf
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