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| | IKIP Special Publications: Entomofauna Book: Chapter 3.5.4 |
 | | On Kunashir, where the Scarabaeidae fauna are richest; many thermophilic species (Geotrupes auratus Motsch., Heptophylla picea Motsch., Popillia japonica Newm., Mimela flavilabris Waterh., Anomala cuprea Hope., A. |
 | | In terms of the character of the ranges and of origin, the Kuril Scarabaeidae fall into five groups: the Transpalaearctic, the Eastern Siberian, the Manchurian, the Island, and the Sino-Ussuri-Japanese. |
 | | The third and the fourth groups make up the principal nucleus of the fauna; the rest play a secondary role, and are very rare on the Kurils. |
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