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Composition and Host-Use Patterns of a Scarab Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Community Inhabiting the Canopy of a Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Southern Venezuela

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Kirmse, Susan, Ratcliffe, Brett C. (2019): Composition and Host-Use Patterns of a Scarab Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Community Inhabiting the Canopy of a Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Southern Venezuela. The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (1): 149-167, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-73.1.149, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-73.1.149

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