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List of local Socotran geographical names used in entomological literature

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  • 1. Mendel University, Department of Zoology, Zemědělská 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; e-mails: bezdek@mendelu.cz; hula@mendelu.cz
  • 2. Mendel University, Department of Forest Ecology, Zemědělská 3, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; e-mail: lubos.purchart@post.cz, lubos.purchart@mendelu.cz
  • 3. The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Department of Forest Ecology, Lidická 25/27, CZ-602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; e-mail: kamil.kral@vukoz.cz & Mendel University, Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Zemědělská 3, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

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Bezděk, Jan, Purchart, Luboš, Král, Kamil, Hula, Vladimír (2012): List of local Socotran geographical names used in entomological literature. In: Hájek, J., Bezděk, J. (Eds): Insect biodiversity of Socotra Archipelago. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52: 27-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5354494

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