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Description of life cycle and preimaginal stages of Alecton discoidalis Laporte 1833 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) under laboratory conditions

  • 1. Vicedirección Curatorial, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba, La Habana, Cuba
  • 2. Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. USA & marcbran@ufl.edu, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-4503

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Madruga, Ormaily, Branham, Marc A. (2020): Description of life cycle and preimaginal stages of Alecton discoidalis Laporte 1833 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) under laboratory conditions. Zootaxa 4816 (1): 81-91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.1.4

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