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Issue: Vol. 5528 No. 1: 23 Oct. 2024
Type: Editorial
Published: 2024-10-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5528.1.4
Page range: 9-16
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Introduction: Beetle diversity of Nanling Priority Area for Biodiversity Conservation: papers celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Coleopterology Committee, Entomological Society of China

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chaoyang District; Beijing 100101; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chaoyang District; Beijing 100101; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chaoyang District; Beijing 100101; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; School of Life Sciences; Institute of Life Science and Green Development; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; Hebei; China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Change; College of Life Sciences; Capital Normal University; Haidian District; Beijing 100048; China
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology; College of Life Sciences; Shanghai Normal University; Xuhui District; Shanghai 200234; China
Coleoptera Beetle diversity Nanling Priority Area for Biodiversity Conservation Coleopterology Committee Entomological Society of China Family-level diversity of Coleoptera

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