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An Annotated Catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic Region (Continental North America North of Mexico)

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Peck, Stewart B., Newton, Alfred F. (2017): An Annotated Catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic Region (Continental North America North of Mexico). The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2): 211-258, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-71.2.211, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-71.2.211

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