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Thecagaster charpentieri iranica ssp. nov.-description of the exuviae and the imagines (Odonata: Cordulegastridae)
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- 1. Arnold-Knoblauch-Ring 76, 14109 Berlin-Wannsee, Germany & Ehrenamtlicher Mitarbeiter Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
- 2. Birkenweg 6d, 15306 Libbenichen, Germany
- 3. Billerbecker Str. 6, 48329 Havixbeck, Germany
- 4. Department of Biology, University of Gent, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- 5. Arnold-Knoblauch-Ring 76, 14109 Berlin-Wannsee, Germany
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Schneider, Thomas, Müller, Ole, Ikemeyer, Dietmar, Vierstraete, Andy, Schneider, Elias (2026): Thecagaster charpentieri iranica ssp. nov.-description of the exuviae and the imagines (Odonata: Cordulegastridae). Zootaxa 5741 (3): 495-518, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.3.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.3.4
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