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New species and new records of Belostoma Latreille, 1807 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) from northeastern Brazil

  • 1. Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Departamento de Química e Biologia, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Caxias, MA, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana, Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil.
  • 2. Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática, Departamento de Química e Biologia, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Caxias, MA, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade, Ambiente e Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Caxias, MA, Brazil.

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Stefanello, Fabiano, Azevêdo, Carlos Augusto Silva De (2024): New species and new records of Belostoma Latreille, 1807 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) from northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 5497 (4): 591-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.4.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.4.8

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