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Publication Jeffreys (1876): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Jeffreys, J.G. 1876. Preliminary report of the biological results of a cruise in H.M.S. 'Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 25: 177-237. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Glomus Jeffreys, 1876
Jeffreys, 1876. Proc. Roy. Soc. London 25: 200.
(homonym of Gistel, 1848 [Coleoptera]; renamed Pristigloma Dall, 1900)
Type species: Glomus nitens Jeffreys, 1876 = Pristigloma nitens

Attributed Nominal Species

Glomus nitens Jeffreys, 1876
Jeffreys, 1876. Proc. Roy. Soc. London 25: 200.

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