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A giant water bug from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae: Lethocerinae)

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Nel, André, Waller, Alain (2006): A giant water bug from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae: Lethocerinae). Zootaxa 1220: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172546

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