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With 5,300 species, the Cryptocephalinae is the fourth largest subfamily of the megadiverse Chrysomelidae beetles. This subfamily currently merges groups that were traditionally considered subfamilies of their own, including the fulcidacines, clytrines and cryptocephalines, and it is believed to be sister to the Lamprosomatinae, forming a natural group characterized by immature stages developing within the protection of a solid case of organic matter known as scatoshell. However, hypotheses on the higher-level systematics of this diverse group and the recognition of its closest relatives have been numerous and none of them tested with phylogenetic approaches, save for an unpublished study based on morphology. In this work, we provide the first molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for a large dataset of Cryptocephalinae ( 167species, 66 genera) based on the analysis of five gene fragments, including up to 3,488 aligned nucleotide positions of the mitochondrial DNA cox1 and rrnS , and the nuclearly encoded LSU, elongation factor 1-alpha and polyadenylate binding protein 1. The phylogeny confirms the sister-group relationship between Cryptocephalinae and Lamprosomatinae and identifies th

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Author

Jesús Gómez‐Zurita; Anabela Cardoso

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)