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Issue: Vol. 5538 No. 3: 15 Nov. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-11-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5538.3.7
Page range: 293-296
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Bezesporum from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Sphaeriusidae)

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China; Bristol Palaeobiology Group; School of Earth Sciences; University of Bristol; Bristol BS8 1TQ; United Kingdom
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
Coleoptera Myxophaga Sphaeriusidae new species

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