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New and revised taxa of Neotropical Diplotaxini (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae): do they change the existing relationships? Revisiting systematics with morphological and molecular data

  • 1. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil & Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av.Fernando Correia, no. 2367, Boa Esperança, 78060-900, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
  • 2. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
  • 3. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil & Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Mourisco, Manguinhos, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & Laboratório de Entomologia e Fitopatologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, 28013-602 Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 4. Canadian Museum of Nature, 1740 Chemin Pink, Gatineau, Quebec, J9J 3N7, Canada
  • 5. Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av.Fernando Correia, no. 2367, Boa Esperança, 78060-900, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

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Cherman, Mariana A., Basílio, Daniel S., Clarkson, Bruno, Agostinis, André O., Smith, Andrew B.T., Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., Almeida, Lúcia M. (2024): New and revised taxa of Neotropical Diplotaxini (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae): do they change the existing relationships? Revisiting systematics with morphological and molecular data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201 (1): 98-135, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad115, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad115

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