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A. L. V.  Davis, ?Associations of afrotropical Coleoptera (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiidae: Staphylinidae: Hydrophilidae: Histeridae) with dung and decaying matter: implications for selection of fly-control agents for Australia?, Journal of Natural History, vol. 28, pp. 383-399, 1994.

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