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A phylogenetic study of the worldwide tribe Cassidini Gyllenhal, 1813 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) based on morphological data
Author(s) -
LÓPEZPÉREZ SARA,
ZARAGOZACABALLERO SANTIAGO,
OCHOTERENA HELGA,
MORRONE JUAN J.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/syen.12280
Subject(s) - monophyly , biology , cladistics , bionomics , tribe , phylogenetic tree , taxonomy (biology) , zoology , maximum parsimony , botany , clade , larva , anthropology , genetics , sociology , gene
Based on cladistics analysis, including a wide representation of morphological and geographical taxon sampling, we concluded that Aspidimorphini should be part of Cassidini. The tree topology from implied weights is a basis for further studies aiming to produce a natural classification. Our results show that there is no congruence between the geographic distribution and the morphology among Cassidini.