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A new species of the genus Meligethes Stephens (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae) from China

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  • 1. Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Corresponding author, E-mail: huangmin@nwsuaf.edu.cn

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Lin, Xiao-Li, Chen, Ying, Huang, Min, Yang, Xing-Ke (2015): A new species of the genus Meligethes Stephens (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae) from China. Zoological Systematics 40 (3): 268-289, DOI: 10.11865/zs.20150304, URL: http://zoobank.org/ac99e2ba-2f02-4813-b8a9-cbeda1d1f678

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