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An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan

  • 1. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 77146, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
  • 2. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 77146, Olomouc, Czech Republic. & gabriela.packova01@upol.cz; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7949-619X
  • 3. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1/12, 119234, Moscow, Russia. Government Degree Science and Commerce College, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block -7, 75300, Karachi, Pakistan. & carrabus69@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1415-548X
  • 4. atiq.m.akhter@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-612X
  • 5. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 77146, Olomouc, Czech Republic. & robin.kundrata@upol.cz; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9397-1030

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Hoffmannova, Johana, Packova, Gabriela, Prosvirov, Alexander S., Akhter, Muhammad Atique, Kundrata, Robin (2023): An updated catalogue of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 5270 (2): 281-305, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.6

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