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On the Baeocera Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) of Sabah, Malaysia, and a tale on mystified biodiversity

  • 1. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Case postale 6434, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
  • 2. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON KIA 0C6, Canada

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Löbl, Ivan, Smetana, Aleš (2021): On the Baeocera Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) of Sabah, Malaysia, and a tale on mystified biodiversity. J. Insect Biodiversity 23 (2): 23-42, DOI: 10.12976/jib/2021.23.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2021.23.2.1

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