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Description of the larval stages of the berosine genera Berosus and Regimbartia based on the Japanese species B. japonicus and R. attenuata (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

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  • 1. Natural History Division, Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Higashida 2-4-1, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, 805-0071 Japan; e-mail: minoshima@kmnh.jp
  • 2. Hoshizaki Green Foundation, Okinoshima 1659-5, Sono-chô, Izumo-shi, Shimane Pref., 691-0076 Japan; e-mail: hgf-haya@green-f.or.jp

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Minoshima, Yûsuke N., Hayashi, Masakazu (2015): Description of the larval stages of the berosine genera Berosus and Regimbartia based on the Japanese species B. japonicus and R. attenuata (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1): 47-83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5303133

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