Myrmedonota helianthasp. n. is described from eastern Kansas (USA). All specimens were collected from dung. A modified new key to the species of Myrmedonota of America north of Mexico is provided.
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Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Biología-Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana, Zona Universitaria, Circuito Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán s/n, Xalapa, Veracruz, C.P. 91090, MÉXICO.
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Dr., Lawrence, KS 66045-2811, USA; Email: unknown.
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Department of Research and Collections, National Centre of Biosystematics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
The Athetini are the largest and taxonomically most challenging tribe in the subfamily Aleocharinae. We present the first molecular phylogeny of Athetini. Nucleotide sequences were obtained from three genome regions for 58 athetine and 23 non-athetine species.
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August 2010
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute, 1501 Crestline Dr., Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2811, USA.
Myrmedonota helianthasp. n. is described from eastern Kansas (USA).
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