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Faunistic review of Tetratomidae and Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Lithuania with an annotated checklist of the species

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Tamutis, Vytautas, Ferenca, Romas, Pollock, Darren A. (2019): Faunistic review of Tetratomidae and Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Lithuania with an annotated checklist of the species. Zootaxa 4668 (2): 183-206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.2.2

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