Phylogenetic placement of a new paleoendemic pill scarab (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae: Ceratocanthinae) from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania, triggers biogeographic interpretations

A new pill scarab with peculiar carinate apical halves of the elytra, Balleriodes sphaera gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. A phylogenetic analysis of 73 terminals and 3118 aligned positions from three DNA fragments placed Balleriodes within a new...

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Main Author: Vasily Grebennikov
Format: article
Language:EN
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Published: PAGEPress Publications 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e30b1f5af0734535b0cd499030bbe2bc
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