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Invasive sap beetles Epuraea ocularis and Stelidota geminata (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) in the Russian Black Sea region

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This article considers two invasive species of sap beetles, Epuraea ocularis Fairmaire, 1849, and Stelidota geminata (Say, 1825), which were previously recorded in the Caucasus. Epuraea ocularis is indicated for the fauna of Russia for the first time.

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  1. Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories, Kabardino-Balkar Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia

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Original Russian Text © A.R. Bibin, 2017, published in Rossiiskii Zhurnal Biologicheskikh Invazii, 2017, No. 3, pp. 3–5.

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Bibin, A.R. Invasive sap beetles Epuraea ocularis and Stelidota geminata (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) in the Russian Black Sea region. Russ J Biol Invasions 8, 301–302 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111717040014

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