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The taxonomic identity of some enigmatic darkling beetle genera: Archinamaqua Schawaller, 2012 and Menederopsis Koch, 1954 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Namaqualand, South Africa

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Kamiński, Marcin J., Schawaller, Wolfgang (2019): The taxonomic identity of some enigmatic darkling beetle genera: Archinamaqua Schawaller, 2012 and Menederopsis Koch, 1954 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Namaqualand, South Africa. Zootaxa 4543 (2): 291-294, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.2.8

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