SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN RARITY IN THE AEGEAN TENEBRIONID BEETLES (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Fragmenta Entomologica
سال: 2006
ISSN: 2284-4880,0429-288X
DOI: 10.4081/fe.2006.8