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A new Copelatus with small eyes from the Eastern Cape Wild Coast, South Africa (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

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  • 1. School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL & Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
  • 2. Department of Freshwater Invertebrates, Albany Museum, Rhodes University Affiliated Research Institute, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa; e-mail: musa.mlambo@gmail.com

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Bilton, David T., Mlambo, Musa C. (2022): A new Copelatus with small eyes from the Eastern Cape Wild Coast, South Africa (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62 (1): 15-21, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2022.002, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2022.002

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