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Revision of subgeneric system and species groups of Cephennodes Reitter, with redescriptions of problematic species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)

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Jałoszyński, Paweł (2026): Revision of subgeneric system and species groups of Cephennodes Reitter, with redescriptions of problematic species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5766 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5766.1.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5766.1.1

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