DIVERSITY OF THE PAEDOMORPHIC SNAIL-EATING CLICK-BEETLE GENUS MALACOGASTER BASSI, 1834 (ELATERIDAE: AGRYPNINAE: DRILINI) IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

The soft-bodied click-beetle genus Malacogaster Bassi, 1834 from the Mediterranean region has never been taxonomically revised to date.Information on its morphology, intra- and interspecific variability, systematics and distribution is fragmented and most species have not been properly studied since their description.Therefore, in this study we Cou

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