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A Review Of The Family- Group Names For The Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) With Corrections To Nomenclature And A Current Classification

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Smith, Andrew B. T. (2006): A Review Of The Family- Group Names For The Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) With Corrections To Nomenclature And A Current Classification. The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo5) 60: 144-204, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x(2006)60[144:arotfn]2.0.co;2

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