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Coleoptera collected from rotting fishhook barrel cacti ...
By M. L. Ferro, N. H. Nguyen, A. Tishechkin, Jong-Seok Park, V. Bayless, and C. E. Carlton
The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 419-443, 2013
M. L. Ferro, N. H. Nguyen, A. Tishechkin, Jong-Seok Park, V. Bayless, and C. E. Carlton, Coleoptera collected from rotting fishhook barrel cacti (Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britton and Rose), with a review of nearctic Coleoptera associated with succulent necrosis, The Coleopterists Bulletin, 67(4): 419-443, 2013.

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New Coleoptera records from eastern Canada, with additions to the fauna of Manitoba, British Columbia, and Yukon Territory
By Webster RP, de Tonnancour P, Sweeney JD, Webster VL, Kostanowicz CA, Hughes C, Anderson RS, Klymko J, Chantal C, Vigneault R
ZooKeys 946: 53-112, 2020

Beetles of Western North America.
By Evans, A.V.
Princeton University Press, 2021
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From the author of the acclaimed Beetles of Eastern North America, a triumphant follow-up guide to western beetles, lavishly illustrated with more than 1,500 stunning color photographs.

• The only comprehensive color photographic guide to the region’s beetles
• Covers 1,428 species from all 131 families west of the Continental Divide, and offers tips for identifying more than 450 additional species
• Features more than 1,500 stunning color photographs

Additions to the Catalogue of Kansas Coleoptera.
By Popenoe, A.E.
Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 6: 77-86., 1878
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Popenoe, A.E. 1878. Additions to the Catalogue of Kansas Coleoptera. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 6: 77-86.

The following list of additions to the Catalogue of Kansas Coleoptera includes in great part the results of the collections of 1877 and 1878, made in different localities by Prof. F. H. Snow and the writer. The species were determined by Dr. John L. LeConte, of Philadelphia, to whom thanks are due for many favors. Those species noted from Lawrence are added by Prof.

Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States
By Melsheimer, F. E.
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia 3: 158-181.

DNA barcodes reveal 63 overlooked species of Canadian beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera)
By Pentinsaari M, Anderson R, Borowiec L, Bouchard P, Brunke A, Douglas H, Smith A, Hebert P
ZooKeys 894: 53–150, 2019

Descriptions of coleopterous insects collected in the late expedition to the Rocky Mountains ...
By Thomas Say
J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. III, Part 1, pp. 139-216, 1823
Thomas Say, Descriptions of coleopterous insects collected in the late expedition to the Rocky Mountains, performed by order of Mr. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Major Long. By Thomas Say, Zoologist to the Expedition. Read October 22, 1823. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. III, Part 1, pp. 139-216, 1823.

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Description of some new Species of North American Insects
By Le Conte, J.
Annals of the Lyceum Natural History of New York, 1: 169-173., 1824
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This is father Le Conte's first publication on beetles...

Description of some new Species of North American Insects. By Captain John Le Conte of the United States Army. Read Nov. 8th.

Owing to the difficulty of determining, in this country, what insects are know to naturalists in Europe, the science of entomology has as yet made but small progress amongst us : even if all the books which have been published on this subject were commonly available, we still should not be in a much better situat