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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2022-07-28
Page range: 193-196
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Comparison with a syntype of Kheper cupreus (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840) confirms that Kheper namibicus Krajcik, 2006 is a synonym

Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa.
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa.
Coleoptera

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