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Issue: Vol. 5590 No. 3: 24 Feb. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-02-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.3.10
Page range: 447-450
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First record of Maladera insanabilis (Brenske, 1894) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae) in Morocco

Laboratory of Entomology; Regional Center of Agricultural Research of Kenitra; National Institute of Agricultural Research; 14000 Kenitra; Morocco
Museum A. Koenig; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) Adenauerallee 127; 53113; Bonn; Germany.
Laboratory of Entomology; Regional Center of Agricultural Research of Kenitra; National Institute of Agricultural Research; 14000 Kenitra; Morocco
Coleoptera Maladera insanabilis Morocco

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