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The evolution of Bolbites onitoides (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Phanaeini): its phylogenetic significance, geographical polychromatism and the subspecies problem

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Cupello, Mario, Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele S., Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z. (2022): The evolution of Bolbites onitoides (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Phanaeini): its phylogenetic significance, geographical polychromatism and the subspecies problem. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194: 973-1034, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab015

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