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Description of the pupa and observations on the distribution, ecology, and life history of Quedius spelaeus spelaeus Horn (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Nova Scotia, Canada

  • 1. Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6. E-mail: moleslei@yahoo.ca
  • 2. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., PO Box 3800, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada G1V 4C7. E-mail: jklimaszewski@exchange.cfl.forestry.ca
  • 3. Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6. E-mail: c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca

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Moseley, Max, Klimaszewski, Jan, Majka, Christopher G. (2006): Description of the pupa and observations on the distribution, ecology, and life history of Quedius spelaeus spelaeus Horn (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Nova Scotia, Canada. Zootaxa 1226 (1): 61-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1226.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1226.1.3

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