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Phylogenetic placement and description of Ngaliadessus humphreysi gen. et sp. nov., Watts & Villastrigo (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), a subterranean diving beetle from the Ngalia Basin in central Australia

  • 1. South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • 2. Division of Entomology, SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany
  • 3. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, and Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia & South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia & Western Australian Museum, Welshpool DC, Western Australia, Australia & School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
  • 4. Division of Entomology, SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany & GeoBioCenter, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
  • 5. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, and Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Watts, Christopher H. S., Villastrigo, Adrian, Langille, Barbara L., Bradford, Tessa M., Humphreys, William F., Balke, Michael, Stringer, Steven J. B. Cooper Danielle N., Austin, Andrew D. (2023): Phylogenetic placement and description of Ngaliadessus humphreysi gen. et sp. nov., Watts & Villastrigo (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), a subterranean diving beetle from the Ngalia Basin in central Australia. Austral Entomology 62 (3): 300-309, DOI: 10.1111/aen.12649, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12649

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