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Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

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  • 1. Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, Sapienza Rome University, via A. Borelli, 50, I-00161 Rome, Italy; e-mail: paolo.audisio@uniroma1.it
  • 2. Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, California Department of Food and Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, USA; e-mail: acline@cdfa.ca.gov
  • 3. Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, Sapienza Rome University, viale Dell'Università, 32, I-00185 Rome, Italy; e-mail: alessio.debiase@uniroma1.it
  • 4. Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Sapienza Rome University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185, Rome, Italy; e-mail: emiliano.mancini@uniroma1.it
  • 5. Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Servizio di Bioarcheologia e Microscopia, via Merulana 248, I-00185 Rome, Italy; e-mail: l.costantin@mclink.it

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Audisio, Paolo, Cline, Andrew Richard, Biase, Alessio De, Antonini, Gloria, Mancini, Emiliano, Trizzino, Marco, Costantini, Lorenzo, Strika, Sirio, Lamanna, Francesco, Cerretti, Pierfilippo (2009): Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2): 341-504, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5319334

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