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Three new genera of large marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Valdivian temperate rain forests of southern South America

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Ruta, Rafał (2021): Three new genera of large marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Valdivian temperate rain forests of southern South America. Zootaxa 5048 (4): 451-485, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5048.4.1

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