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Illustrated overview and identification key to Cameroonian Ceratocanthinae beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae) with description of four new species

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Ballerio, Alberto, Gill, Bruce D., Grebennikov, Vasily V. (2011): Illustrated overview and identification key to Cameroonian Ceratocanthinae beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae) with description of four new species. Zootaxa 2892: 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277641

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