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Steve Wing, James E. Lloyd, Tawatchai Hongtrakul, Male Competition in Pteroptyx Fireflies: Wing-Cover Clamps, Female Anatomy, and Mating Plugs, The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Mar., 1983), pp. 86-91
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