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The third extinct representative of the genus Europs Wollaston, 1854 (Coleoptera: Nitiduloidea: Monotomidae) in Baltic amber
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- 1. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Nevskogo 14, Kaliningrad 236016, Russia
- 2. Institute of Life Sciences and Technologies, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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Alekseev, Vitalii, Bukejs, Andris (2025): The third extinct representative of the genus Europs Wollaston, 1854 (Coleoptera: Nitiduloidea: Monotomidae) in Baltic amber. Zootaxa 5620 (4): 575-581, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.4.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.4.4
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