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Karyotypes of water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae): new data and review of published records

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Angus, Robert B, Sadílek, David, Shaarawi, Fatma, Dollimore, Hayley, Liu, Hsing-Che, Seidel, Matthias, Sýkora, Vít, Fikáček, Martin (2021): Karyotypes of water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae): new data and review of published records. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192 (3): 958, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa105, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/192/3/958/5930869

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