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A Baltic amber species of the diving beetle genus Coptotomus Say, 1830 (Coleoptera Dytiscidae: Coptotominae)

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Hendrich, Lars, Balke, Michael (2020): A Baltic amber species of the diving beetle genus Coptotomus Say, 1830 (Coleoptera Dytiscidae: Coptotominae). Zootaxa 4895 (2): 285-290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.2.7

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