Morphology and life history of Brachypeplus glaber LeConte(Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), with a discussion of multiple life stage data for phylogenetic analyses.

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A detailed description of the sap beetle Brachypeplus glaber LeConte (Nitidulidae) is provided, including egg, larval, pupal and adult stages. Rearing and DNA barcoding were used to confirm life stage identifications. This is the first New World Brachypeplus species for which larval and pupal descriptions are available. Characters and character states for larvae, pupae, and adults are discussed at the species and generic levels within the context of phylogenetic revisions at different hierarchical levels.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Zootaxa

Title: Zootaxa

Publisher: Magnolia Press

ISSN: 1175-5326

ISSN (Print): 1175-5326

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 06 2013

Volume: 3734

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[1 ] Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, 3294 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832; Email: andrew.cline@cdfa.ca.gov.

[2 ] Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture - DPI, 1911 SW 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32608; Email: paul.skelley@freshfromflorida.com.

[3 ] Department of Biology and Biotechnologies 'Charles Darwin', Sapienza Rome University, Rome, Italy.; Email: paolo.audisio@uniroma1.it.

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Publisher Item ID: zootaxa.3734.2.9

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.9

PubMed ID: 25277910

SO-VID: 44ddc9c8-517a-4cfd-97f8-f209af607df6

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