Selasia isabellae

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Selasia isabellae
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S. isabellae
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Selasia isabellae
Bourgeois, 1909

Selasia isabellae, is a species of false firefly beetle found in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Selasia isabellae Bourgeois, 1909". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. PACKOVA, GABRIELA; KUNDRATA, ROBIN (2021-02-05). "The genus Selasia Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) in Sri Lanka". Zootaxa. pp. 285–292. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.8 . Retrieved 2021-08-08.