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Updated checklist of the fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of Mexico
- 1. Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México City 04510, México. & Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro # 8701, Col. Ex-Hacienda de San José de La Huerta, C.P. 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, México.
- 2. Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México City 04510, México. & zaragoza@ib.unam.mx; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0235-318X
- 3. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal, Del. Tlalpan, Ciudad de México. C.P. 14010.
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Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil X., Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago, Romo-Galicia, Alberto (2022): Updated checklist of the fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of Mexico. Zootaxa 5092 (3): 291-317, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.3.3
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