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Issue: Vol. 4521 No. 2: 14 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.2
Page range: 183–190
Abstract views: 67
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Description of two new Obriini Mulsant, 1839 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Tankwa Karoo biome in South Africa and Namibia

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Coleoptera biodiversity hotspot taxonomy Karoo region Cerambycinae

Abstract

Two new species of Capezoum: C. tankwakarooensis sp. nov. and C. museiconfluentiarum sp. nov. are described from the Succulent Karoo ecosystem in South Africa and Namibia.

 

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