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Cladistic, phenetic and biogeographical analysis of the ¯ightless dung beetle genus, Gyronotus van Lansberge (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), in threatened eastern Afrotropical forests

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Davis, Adrian L. V., Scholtz, Clarke H., Harrison, James Du G. (2001): Cladistic, phenetic and biogeographical analysis of the ¯ightless dung beetle genus, Gyronotus van Lansberge (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), in threatened eastern Afrotropical forests. Journal of Natural History 35 (11): 1607-1625, DOI: 10.1080/002229301317092351, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/002229301317092351

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