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Landscape-scale surveys reveal patterns of floral visitation by species of Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Jonathan R. Mawdsley Department of Entomology, MRC 187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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James du G. Harrison Department of Invertebrates (Coleoptera Collection), Ditsong: National Museum of Natural History (formerly Transvaal Museum), PO Box 413, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
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Hendrik Sithole Invertebrates, Kruger National Park, Private Bag X402, Skukuza, 1350, South Africa
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James L. Mawdsley Stark State College, 6200 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, OH, 44720, USA
Pages 1257-1273 | Received 17 Jun 2010, Accepted 28 Dec 2010, Published online: 03 May 2011

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