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The false click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Eucnemidae) of the Dominican Republic. Part I: A look into the past

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Otto, Robert L. (2023): The false click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Eucnemidae) of the Dominican Republic. Part I: A look into the past. Insecta Mundi 2023 (973): 1-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7887658

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