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Rediscovery of the enigmatic Madagascan endemic Belohina inexpectata Paulian, 1958, with notes on its morphology and phylogenetic position (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea: Belohinidae)

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  • 1. Viale Venezia 45, 25123 Brescia, Italy - alberto.ballerio.bs@aballerio.it
  • 2. Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80205-5798, U.S.A. - frank.krell@dmns.org
  • 3. Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo B. P 4096, Madagascar - jasrandri.herpbzt@gmail.com
  • 4. Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, U.S.A. - hawksdc@gmail.com
  • 5. Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6382, U.S.A. - e.murray@wsu.edu
  • 6. Systematics Research Collections, University of Nebraska State Museum, W436 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0546, U.S.A. - mjpaulsen@unl.edu
  • 7. Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France - jerome.sueur@mnhn.fr
  • 8. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, Saint Petersburg, 199397, Russia - frolov@scarabaeoidea.com *Corresponding author

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Ballerio, Alberto, Krell, Frank-Thorsten, Randrianirina, Jasmin E., Hawks, David C., Murray, Elizabeth A., Paulsen, Matthew J., Sueur, Jérôme, Mon-Treuil, Olivier, Frolov, Andrey V. (2023): Rediscovery of the enigmatic Madagascan endemic Belohina inexpectata Paulian, 1958, with notes on its morphology and phylogenetic position (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea: Belohinidae). Fragmenta entomologica (Frag. Entomol., Roma) 55 (2): 139-160, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1539, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1539

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