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Phylogenetic relationships of family groups in Pentatomoidea based on morphology and DNA sequences (Insecta: Heteroptera)

  • 1. Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • 2. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA

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Grazia, Jocelia, Schuh, Randall T., Wheeler, Ward C. (2008): Phylogenetic relationships of family groups in Pentatomoidea based on morphology and DNA sequences (Insecta: Heteroptera). Cladistics 24: 932-976, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00224.x

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