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Proper cleaning of keratin beetles reveals a cryptic species: Phoberus fumarius (Haaf, 1953) from southern Africa is reinstated as valid (Coleoptera: Trogidae)
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- 1. Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
- 2. South African National Collection of Insects, Agricultural Research Council, Private Bag X134, Queenswood 0121, Pretoria, South Africa.
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Strümpher, Werner P., Stals, Riaan (2021): Proper cleaning of keratin beetles reveals a cryptic species: Phoberus fumarius (Haaf, 1953) from southern Africa is reinstated as valid (Coleoptera: Trogidae). Zootaxa 4942 (4): 543-557, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.4.3
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