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On rare insects of Mordovia included in the Red Book of the Russian Federation

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Insect species included in the main and additional lists of the Red Book of the Russian Federation are considered. Thirteen protected and 18 endangered species occur in Mordovia. Data on the abundance, biology, and ecology of some species are reported.

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Original Russian Text © A.B. Ruchin, D.K. Kurmaeva, 2010, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2010, Vol. 89, No. 2, pp. 396–402.

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Ruchin, A.B., Kurmaeva, D.K. On rare insects of Mordovia included in the Red Book of the Russian Federation. Entmol. Rev. 90, 712–717 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873810060060

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