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, or
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and Leucophilini?
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A conventional classification of the Australian
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(
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,
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,
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; Cassis &amp; Weir 1992;
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Weir
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FF67742515E8FA7F" box="[151,208,1390,1416]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">et al.</emphasis>
2019
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; this paper) (
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Melolonthini
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FDB174251747FA7F" box="[577,639,1391,1416]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">sensu</emphasis>
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) places a group of 17 genera and 123 species, dominated by
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FF4E74D81411FA5B" box="[190,297,1426,1452]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">Lepidiota</emphasis>
Kirby, 1828
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,
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FE3F74D9177CFA5A" box="[463,580,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">Antitrogus</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FCA974D81685FA5B" box="[857,957,1426,1452]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">Rhopaea</emphasis>
Erichson, 1847
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, in the
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, but without reference to any subtribes.
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Weir
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FD9874FD179AFA27" box="[616,674,1462,1488]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">et al.</emphasis>
(2019)
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characterised the tribe from other Australian melolonthines by: metatibiae with two spurs placed below the tarsal articulation; tarsal claws almost always with a tooth on the concave side; labrum separate from the clypeus and located below it; antennae with 9 or 10 antennomeres and with a 38 lamellate club; body surface not metallic. The group contains some economically important species as pests of pastures and crops, especially sugarcane (
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).
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However, the monophyly of the
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and the status of its tribes and subtribes has been questioned (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EF964B5EFFA68268FEB777C4173FF95E" author="Coca-Abia, M. M." box="[327,519,1678,1705]" pageId="22" pageNumber="535" pagination="447 - 472" refId="ref32696" refString="Coca-Abia, M. M. (2007) Phylogenetic relationships of the subfamily Melolonthinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution, 38, 447 - 472. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631207794760921" type="journal article" year="2007">Coca-Abia 2007</bibRefCitation>
), especially with the advent of DNA technologies (
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Smith
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FB4077C511D5F95F" box="[1200,1261,1678,1704]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">et al.</emphasis>
2006
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EF964B5EFFA68268FAB277C5141CF93A" author="Song, N. &amp; Zhang, H." pageId="22" pageNumber="535" refId="ref34539" refString="Song, N. &amp; Zhang, H. (2018) The mitochondrial genomes of phytophagous scarab beetles and systematic implications. Journal of Insect Science, 18 (6), 11. [11 pp.] https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jisesa / iey 076" type="book" year="2018">Song &amp; Zhang 2018</bibRefCitation>
;
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Ayivi
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FE8877F9148CF93B" box="[376,436,1714,1740]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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). A radical alternative classification has been that of
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. He, albeit with little commentary, split the subfamily in four and elevated these to family level (Hopliidae,
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, Sericidae, Chasmatopteridae), whilst elevating previous tribes and subtribes to subfamily or tribe status. Other alternative classifications have seen subtribes of the
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(Smith 2006;
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Bouchard
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FB67765511E8F8CF" box="[1175,1232,1822,1848]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">et al.</emphasis>
2011
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) elevated to tribes (
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,
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;
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;
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).
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moved some of the African genera formerly in
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to the Leucophilini, and
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followed this for the Palaearctic
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FDBC76C0178FF853" box="[588,695,1930,1956]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">Lepidiota</emphasis>
species.
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Recently,
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placed the Australian
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species
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,
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FF0876E414B5F83F" box="[248,397,1966,1992]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">Holorhopaea</emphasis>
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(1 species), and
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FD0476E416B5F83F" box="[756,909,1966,1992]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">Nanorhopaea</emphasis>
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(1 species) in the Leucophilini, with the other Australian genera (presumably including
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA68268FCD476981643F81B" box="[804,891,2002,2028]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="535">Alepida</emphasis>
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and the Fijian-Solomon Islands
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FF6771DD142FFF47" box="[151,279,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Xenotrogus</emphasis>
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) remaining in the
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FC2871DD112EFF47" box="[984,1046,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">sensu</emphasis>
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
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characterised the Leucophilini as having antennal clubs of three lamellae that are similar in both sexes and large metepisterna, whilst the
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Melolonthini
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FDB9719517BFFF0F" box="[585,647,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">sensu</emphasis>
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have antennal clubs of more than three lamellae with pronounced sexual dimorphism and the dorsal surface of the body with scales and/or setae.
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Australian
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species
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(as restricted with the removal of
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FC70706D16EFFEB6" box="[896,983,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Alepida</emphasis>
species (
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)
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and those earlier in this paper) are obviously different from other Australian
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Melolonthini
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FC147001111AFE93" box="[996,1058,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF964B5EFFA78269FBDC70011185FE92" author="Britton, E. B." box="[1068,1213,331,357]" pageId="23" pageNumber="536" pagination="1 - 150" refId="ref32215" refString="Britton, E. B. (1978) A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Vol. 2. Tribe Melolonthini. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series, 60, 1 - 150. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 060" type="journal article" year="1978">Britton 1978</bibRefCitation>
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.
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Weir
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FAFD70011070FE92" box="[1293,1352,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">et al.</emphasis>
(2019)
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showed this clearly in their key to genera, where
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FD3370251616FE7E" box="[707,814,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Lepidiota</emphasis>
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is separated from other genera in couplet 1. Prominent identifiers are a combination of: dorsal surface with small, white scales contained or nearly contained within their punctures, without longer white or brown, adpressed or erect setae; antennal club of three lamellae with no obvious sexual dimorphism (
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gives an example); females often found in collections and adults may feed; and males of most species with parameres asymmetrical and often bizarrely shaped (see figures in
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). This was reinforced in a cladistic analysis of a sample of
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Melolonthini
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FC7173691687FDCB" box="[897,959,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF964B5EFFA78269FC377369116EFDCA" author="Britton, E. B." box="[967,1110,547,573]" pageId="23" pageNumber="536" pagination="1 - 150" refId="ref32215" refString="Britton, E. B. (1978) A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Vol. 2. Tribe Melolonthini. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series, 60, 1 - 150. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 060" type="journal article" year="1978">Britton 1978</bibRefCitation>
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from eastern
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using adult and larval morphological and ecological characters (
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) where the 10
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FB2A730D107DFD96" box="[1242,1349,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Lepidiota</emphasis>
species
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that were considered formed a clade separate from species in
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FCBE732116FBFD72" box="[846,963,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Antitrogus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FC227321110EFD72" box="[978,1078,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Rhopaea</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FBB4732111E0FD72" box="[1092,1240,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Dermolepida</emphasis>
Arrow, 1941
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and
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FF6773C515D6FD5E" box="[151,238,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Alepida</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB836AFFFA78269FF3773F9169DFCAA" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">
The genera assigned to
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Melolonthini
<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FD8673F9178CFD3B" box="[630,692,691,716]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">sensu</emphasis>
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have: setae (
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,
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), not scales, on the dorsal surface; antennal clubs with 38 lamellae and, where known, females have much smaller clubs than males (
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: fig. 150;
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); females of most species are rare in collections, probably fly little after emergence and are not attracted to light, and adults of both sexes do not feed (the exception are
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species
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); and males have parameres that are symmetrical or nearly so.
</paragraph>
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placement of
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FDC6722D17F7FC76" box="[566,719,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Nanorhopaea</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FCF9722D16A6FC76" box="[777,926,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Holorhopaea</emphasis>
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in the Leucophilini is problematic. Males of the two species have antennal clubs of three lamellae, as do
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FCDA72C116ADFC52" box="[810,917,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Lepidiota</emphasis>
species
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(and some
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Melolonthini
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), but they are of medium length (
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Weir
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2019
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: fig. 142). Females are not known (
<bibRefCitation id="EF964B5EFFA78269FB7F72E5101BFC3E" author="Britton, E. B." box="[1167,1315,943,969]" pageId="23" pageNumber="536" pagination="1 - 150" refId="ref32215" refString="Britton, E. B. (1978) A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Vol. 2. Tribe Melolonthini. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series, 60, 1 - 150. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 060" type="journal article" year="1978">Britton 1978</bibRefCitation>
), so sexual dimorphism in the antennae cannot be assessed. The dorsal surface of males does not have the small, white scales characteristic of
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FEA072BD1483FBE6" box="[336,443,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Lepidiota</emphasis>
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, but have either recumbent, tapered, finely pointed setae or long, semierect setae (
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: fig. 270AB;
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Weir
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2019
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: figs.
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,
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;
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). The aedeagi of the two species have symmetrical parameres (
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: figs. 1519), unlike the often-asymmetrical parameres of
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FBAF757511F2FBAE" box="[1119,1226,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Lepidiota</emphasis>
species.
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All three characters point to a closer relationship with the
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Melolonthini
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than with the Leucophilini.
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thought that both the
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and the
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Melolonthini
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entered
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from the north from the Pliocene onwards. He considered the
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a fairly recent group, forming in the Ethiopian-Malagasy-Indian block, before the complete separation of these three blocks but after the separation of the South America-Antarctic-Australia blocks. From there they disseminated to West Africa and east to as far as
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and
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, crossing Wallaces Line.
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considered the
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Melolonthini
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recent group appearing in north-eastern and southern Palaearctic regions after the separation of all blocks. Diffusion then occurred to give a current distribution in North America, Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions, with few in the Afrotropical Region and absent from the southern Neotropical region and
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. My hypothesis (
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), based on patterns of distribution of the Australian species, is that
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is a post-Pliocene invader from the north, whilst the remaining genera, especially
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FBE474811140FA12" box="[1044,1144,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Rhopaea</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FB427481101FFA12" box="[1202,1319,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Antitrogus</emphasis>
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, are older elements.
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However,
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,
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,
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) split is far from being accepted. Within the
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Melolonthini
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,
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analysed the characters of 25 Palaearctic and Oriental species from the two lineages and found it impossible to assign all the genera to either of the lineages.
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pointed out inconsistencies in the number of lamellae in antennal clubs among
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<emphasis id="B973EABDFFA78269FD0677351659F96E" box="[758,865,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="536">Lepidiota</emphasis>
species
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from New
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and
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, as well as in the presence/absence of scales and in the placement of genera such as
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Dalla Torre, 1912
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. He commented that perhaps
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was correct in considering representatives of both groups as a single tribe. Obviously, there is a strong need for a comprehensive analysis of status and defining characters of tribes and subtribes of the
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across all regions, and DNA analysis might give useful characters This would then give insights into the past biogeography and dissemination of the family.
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