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A new species of the vitismin cockroach genus Perspicuus Koubová, 2020 from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary

  • 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Paleontology and Geology, Ludovika tér 2, Budapest 1083, Hungary & ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Department of Palaeontology, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest 1117, Hungary
  • 2. Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia

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Szabó, Márton, Sendi, Hemen, Ősi, Attila (2024): A new species of the vitismin cockroach genus Perspicuus Koubová, 2020 from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary. Zootaxa 5437 (1): 105-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.6

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