First non-feeding Sericini beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): new genus from Amazonia and phylogenetic position

Two unusual scarab species discovered from two localities in the Amazonian Basin are described. We used comparative morphology and phylogenetic analysis to infer their systematic placement. A parsimony-based phylogenetic analysis was performed using 108 morphological characters from adults and larva...

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