On identification of species of the Cercyon dux group (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
S.K. Ryndevich
Abstract. The use of metendosternite for identification of species of the genus Cercyon Leach is discussed. Diagnoses of the species of the dux-group (Cercyon dux Sharp, C. numerosus Shatrovskiy and C. symbion Shatrovskiy) are presented.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2001, 10(1): 79–83 ▪ Published in print 25 December 2001
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