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| | IngentaConnect The phylogeny of Sericini and their position within the Scarabaei... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09) |
 | | Several poorly studied exoskeletal features have been examined, including the elytral base, posterior wing venation, mouth parts, endosternites, coxal articulation, and genitalia. |
 | | The results of the analysis strongly support the monophyly of the `orphnine group' + `melolonthine group' including phytophagous scarabs such as Dynastinae, Hopliinae, Melolonthinae, Rutelinae, and Cetoniinae. |
 | | The `melolonthine group' is comprised in the strict consensus tree by two major clades and two minor lineages, with the included taxa of Euchirinae, Rutelinae, and Dynastinae nested together in one of the major clades (`melolonthine group I'). |
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