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First phylogenetic analysis of Dryophthorinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) based on structural alignment of ribosomal DNA reveals Cenozoic diversification
- 1. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
- 2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama
- 3. Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Chamorro, Maria Lourdes, de Medeiros, Bruno A. S., Farrell, Brian D. (2021): First phylogenetic analysis of Dryophthorinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) based on structural alignment of ribosomal DNA reveals Cenozoic diversification. Ecology and Evolution 11: 1-15, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7131, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7131
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