Rosaceae, Brassicaceae and pollen beetles: exploring relationships and evolution in an anthophilous beetle lineage (Nitidulidae, Meligethes-complex of genera) using an integrative approach

Liu, MK; Huang, M; Cline, AR; Mancini, E; Scaramuzzi, A; Paradisi, S; Audisio, P; Badano, D; Simone,

Huang, M (corresponding author), Northwest A&F Univ, Entomol Museum, Minist Educ, Key Lab Plant Protect Resources & Pest Management, Xianyang, Shaanxi, Peoples R China.; Simone, (corresponding author), Sapienza Univ Roma, Dipartimento Biol & Biotecnol Charles Darwin, Rome, Italy.

FRONTIERS IN ZOOLOGY, 2021; 18 (1):

Abstract

Background Meligethes are pollen-beetles associated with flowers of Rosaceae as larvae. This genus currently consists of 63 known species in two subge......

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