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Revision of Palearctic and Oriental Necrophila Kirby et Spence, part 3: subgenus Calosilpha Portevin (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae)

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Růžička, Jan, Qubaiová, Jarin, Nishikawa, Masaaki, Schneider, Jan (2015): Revision of Palearctic and Oriental Necrophila Kirby et Spence, part 3: subgenus Calosilpha Portevin (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae). Zootaxa 4013 (4): 451-502, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.1

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  • Weixian County, Mt. Xiao-Wu-Tai-Sha [= Taihang Shan mts, Mt. Xiao Wutaishan, ca. 39°56'N 114°59'E], vii.2005, without collector's name, 1 spec. (MNIC);