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<paragraph id="D0D41B4898B32AC784027FE7B982E104" pageId="135" pageNumber="136">Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="712357F75937F5E2C0DEE67710F21CEB" pageId="135" pageNumber="136" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName id="6E6FA5818B56153F60DEA9BEDF191D84" ID-CoL="8LZCY" authority="Omer-Cooper, 1958" authorityName="Omer-Cooper" authorityYear="1958" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus pullatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="135" pageNumber="136" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pullatus">Laccophilus pullatus Omer-Cooper, 1958</taxonomicName>
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Figs 103-104, 291-292, 445, 557
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<taxonomicName id="5BEA953B52C71BE80FCA4C06078B1A21" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus pullatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pullatus">
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<pageBreakToken id="93733D6B38A776F776DD07A28009BB66" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" start="start">Laccophilus</pageBreakToken>
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pullatus
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<bibRefCitation id="5BF1E2FF57C510967C5E7F98B6EE7B1A" author="Omer-Cooper, Joyce" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" pagination="36 - 55" title="Dytiscidae from Nyasaland and Southern Rhodesia. III. Laccophilinae." volume="21" year="1958 b">Omer-Cooper 1958b</bibRefCitation>
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: 42, 45 (original description, faunistics, biology);
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<bibRefCitation id="BF29995B0766CB1D3671B69CC984A2DB" author="Omer-Cooper, Joyce" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa" pageId="261" pageNumber="262" pagination="48 - 63" title="Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) of Nyasaland and Southern Rhodesia. X. Cybisterini and addenda." volume="29" year="1967">Omer-Cooper 1967</bibRefCitation>
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: 60 (discussion,
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<taxonomicName id="21F06F2822A48141432982095939A8BD" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus pullatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pullatus">Laccophilus pullatus</taxonomicName>
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synonym with
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<taxonomicName id="EF2F88007349335B33D3D20435084AF1" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus septicola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septicola">Laccophilus septicola</taxonomicName>
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Guignot,
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<taxonomicName id="3A8F5BCB604C2737E4BAD50CBC077D1A" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus alberticus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alberticus">Laccophilus alberticus</taxonomicName>
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Guignot and
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<taxonomicName id="922A41A2455631D28248C56426FBEDBB" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus luteosignatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteosignatus">Laccophilus luteosignatus</taxonomicName>
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Gschwendtner);
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<bibRefCitation id="695024E13D60B885A923B213BA7516C3" author="Nilsson, AN" journalOrPublisher="World catalogue of Insects" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" pagination="1 - 395" title="Dytiscidae." volume="3" year="2001">Nilsson 2001</bibRefCitation>
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: 246 (catalogue, faunistics, list, synonymy,
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<taxonomicName id="877072F2899235BCF31CDE42205B2C91" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus luteosignatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteosignatus">Laccophilus luteosignatus</taxonomicName>
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Gschwendtner);
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<bibRefCitation id="CF304CD0FD87843EB71FA32F7CFBF62A" author="Nilsson, AN" journalOrPublisher="Apollo books, Stenstrup" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" title="A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga). Version 1. I. 2015" url="http://www2.emg.umu.se/projects/biginst/andersn/" year="2015">Nilsson 2015</bibRefCitation>
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: 213 (catalogue, faunistics, list, synonymy,
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<taxonomicName id="AE6E90B74D87F05E02A563379127115D" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus luteosignatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteosignatus">Laccophilus luteosignatus</taxonomicName>
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Gschwendtner). Restored species.
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<paragraph id="D5FE20D4471FCCAE9A6679E9587C06A7" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F2F2FC573D3827CA1C79B58ACAA4DD98" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Malawi: Florence Bay below Livingstonia.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9D5694F3AF5D4FF59CA76462A1E790D3" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Type material studied</paragraph>
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(2 exs.). Holotype: male: "Holotype /
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<taxonomicName id="F5DDBE821FD35A2632B67AE7BDA787EC" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus pullatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pullatus">Laccophilus pullatus</taxonomicName>
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mihi Det. J. Omer-Cooper / Nyasaland, lake shore below Livingstonia 21.10. 1948 / Brit. Mus. 1978-308 /
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<taxonomicName id="908E39204496CBB3500110E39A839321" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus pullatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pullatus">Laccophilus pullatus</taxonomicName>
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J. O.C. M. E. Bacchus det 1978 HOLOTYPE" (BMNH). - Paratype: female: "Allotype /
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<taxonomicName id="C9C83006180795A128340AC9663D8098" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus pullatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pullatus">Laccophilus pullatus</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. J. Omer-Cooper / Nyasaland, Dambo below Livingstonia 21.10. 1948 / Brit. Mus. 1978-308" (1 ex. BMNH).
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<subSubSection id="A98D0BB5D19BAB3CF0CC31AEBC358A65" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="77ED1908EFEAB4777B65E783F4E0BE22" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Additional material studied</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CCCD327935B51A159316190E99FBA8F6" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">(3 exs.). Malawi: "Nkhotakota env. 2-3.1. 2002 J. Bezdek leg." (1 ex. NMPC); "Selima env. 4.1. 2002 Kantner" (1 ex. NHMB, 1 ex. MZH; habitus in Fig. 445).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="100D2C617D80885BFC82FA7D2F46381E" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" type="specimen with uncertain determination">
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<paragraph id="39782021E440F0C52A227C9FB32DF0DE" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Specimen with uncertain determination.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="07A38265C02B9A80E4CEA5EC37E07556" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">South Africa: "Natal Zululand Mtuba-Tuba 23.9. 1947 J. O-C" (1 ex. female AMGS).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="E55D9C271B4E8CDF615970B526B32DCF" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" type="comments on synonymy">
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<paragraph id="4AB17B5A4F02B8BB3037E3956AE01B77" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Comments on synonymy.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A67DB0519D2F85D2B449590800911999" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">
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Earlier synonymy rejected - study of type material shows that
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<taxonomicName id="1DA26CD4E467A90F0DAB2B43A5441240" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus pullatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pullatus">Laccophilus pullatus</taxonomicName>
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is a valid species.
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<paragraph id="0D5A95E19503AC84F752A54767C60A1D" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="641BFA38F328F35A6EB5FDB696C1510A" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus pullatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pullatus">Laccophilus pullatus</taxonomicName>
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externally resembles most of
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<taxonomicName id="46BC7B151DCADA9B7470712B13D2719C" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus luteosignatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteosignatus">Laccophilus luteosignatus</taxonomicName>
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but can be distinguished by absence of pale spots on elytra.
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<taxonomicName id="7CB241BE505BCA51066D004A91FB6D32" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus pullatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pullatus">Laccophilus pullatus</taxonomicName>
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is also close to
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<taxonomicName id="1AC7A45FAC8274CB8D8A1E5E479BB0BF" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus septicola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septicola">Laccophilus septicola</taxonomicName>
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; elytra of
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<taxonomicName id="905B4EA7BDB95029AB3662C62F958370" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus septicola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septicola">Laccophilus septicola</taxonomicName>
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is, however, much paler than in
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<taxonomicName id="1EB4949EB9A2FC7E7B1E88549BE09442" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus pullatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pullatus">Laccophilus pullatus</taxonomicName>
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. Penis of
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in lateral aspect is evenly curved from base to apex while in
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<taxonomicName id="56969E69B97A13C78D84A5543A4C66E9" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Laccophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Laccophilus septicola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septicola">Laccophilus septicola</taxonomicName>
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penis curvature is somewhat angled.
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<paragraph id="74D1CEA634286E2C6DDC59882035691B" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="11C55AE02F7DB5B14F1F9A984410C21A" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Body length 3.0-3.3 mm, width 1.6-1.8 mm. Head and pronotum predominantly pale, elytra dark, lack pale spots (Fig. 445).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A937DCA3DBAACEC0950A2395AA831CC5" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Head: Pale ferrugineous. Submat, finely microsculptured. Reticulation almost simple; vague indications of double reticulation discernible. Almost impunctate; at eyes with some, irregular and very fine punctures.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4BB8FE69E5184A9987B13A2487B7BA14" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Pronotum: Pale ferrugineous. Frontally, a little posterior to foremargin with a vague, transverse, ferrugineous marking. Posteriorly, in the middle with a rather vague, transverse, ferrugineous to dark ferrugineous marking. Finely microsculptured. Reticulation double. Large meshes vary in size. Finer meshes sometimes obliterated and not distinguishable within large meshes. At margins with very fine, irregular punctation, which in part is indistinct.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4F0DDF6D2BF71EBA02D59B5E2567BE1A" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Elytra: Blackish to blackish ferrugineous. Laterally, narrowly paler, ferrugineous to dark ferrugineous (Fig. 445). Rather shiny, although finely microsculptured. Reticulation double, but differences between large and small meshes superficial; sometimes difficult to distinguish (posteriorly meshes hardly discernible). Large meshes variable in size and may contain 2-10 small meshes. Almost impunctate; discally with two vague areas where scattered, fine punctures discernible. Elytron with a pre-apical, lateral furrow (provided with haired punctures).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="682C9218B0237F74459320EBF50EA2FB" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Ventral aspect: Black to blackish ferrugineous, except for head and prothorax, which are pale ferrugineious. Slightly mat, very finely and in part, indistinctly microsculptured. Metacoxal plates with variable, transverse, shallow (vague) furrows. Basal ventrites with longitudinal, fine striae. Impunctate. Prosternal process rather slender, apex pointed. Apical ventrite has a sharp knob on one side (Fig. 103).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7BCE451588E4DC823714335FD46F9856" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Legs: Pale ferrugineous to ferrugineous. Pro- and mesotarsi somewhat enlarged; provided with suckers.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F2902C2C857D648D8D63BEBEC171D426" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Male genitalia: Penis in lateral aspect evenly curved from base to apex; extreme apex extended to a small tip (Figs 291-292).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9DAC7DBB538FB4A583499E3E7A4D1A17" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Female: Apical ventrite lacks knob (Fig. 104). Pro- and mesotarsus slender.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="794719F9485798AD0A47B43AC711FE49" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="D94BB0DA29B601BDA59E23566974A88F" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CDE17BB39413977A5B6B5DDBF0081D1B" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Malawi (Fig. 557). One female with uncertain determination has been examined from Natal, South Africa.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="CC76DF91DA12895C68DD0042E9B14FA6" pageId="136" pageNumber="137" type="collecting circumstances">
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<paragraph id="EA578D397B1A84ECA677ABFC367D8604" pageId="136" pageNumber="137">Collecting circumstances.</paragraph>
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Collected in a
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swamp on a lake shore (
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<bibRefCitation id="FB421BDABAB9F5AEEF0CC7EAB9B293C3" author="Omer-Cooper, Joyce" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa" pageId="260" pageNumber="261" pagination="36 - 55" title="Dytiscidae from Nyasaland and Southern Rhodesia. III. Laccophilinae." volume="21" year="1958 b">Omer-Cooper 1958b</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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