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A Plea for Standardized Nuclear Markers in Metazoan DNA Taxonomy

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

A cladistic analysis reveals an eastern Tibetan occurrence ofTaiwanoserica(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

scholarly article by Dirk Ahrens published in January 2009

A key to species of the genus Gastroserica Brenske of the China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini), with the description of two new species and two new records for China

scientific article published on October 25, 2011

A molecular phylogeny of Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): evolution of pollination and association with ‘Poppy guild’ flowers

scientific article published in 2020

A molecular phylogeny of rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) reveals a complex and concerted morphological evolution related to their flight mode

scientific article published on 7 May 2016

A monograph of the Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

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A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

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A monograph on the genus Tetraserica from the Indochinese region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

scientific article published on 09 April 2019

A new species of Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 from Iran (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini) and a review of the distribution of the genus in Iran

scientific article published in 2018

A new species of the Neoserica (sensu lato) vulpes group from China, with a corrigendum on Neoserica ailaoshanica Liu, Fabrizi, Bai, Yang Ahrens, 2014 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

scientific article published on 25 December 2019

A new species ofMaladerafrom Jordan (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

scholarly article by Dirk Ahrens published in October 2016

A preliminary cladistic analysis ofNipponoserica, with implications for phylogenetic relationships among sericine chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

scholarly article by Dirk Ahrens published September 2005 in Systematics and Biodiversity

A prelude to the Caucasus Barcode of Life Platform (CaBOL): Biodiversity Days in Georgia in 2018 and 2019

scientific article published in 2019

A review of the genusGynaecosericaBrenske, 1896 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

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A revision of the genus Archeohomaloplia Nikolajev, 1982 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

scientific article published in 2011

A revision of the species of theNeoserica(sensu lato)vulpesgroup (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

scientific article published in 2014

A taxonomic review of Microserica Brenske, 1894 from continental Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

scientific article published in 2023

A taxonomic review of the Neoserica (sensu lato) abnormis group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

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A taxonomic review of the Neoserica (sensu lato) septemlamellata group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

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A taxonomic review on the species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004, of China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

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A taxonomic revision of Chinese Neoserica (sensu lato): final part (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

A taxonomic revision of Neoserica (sensu lato): the species groups N. lubrica, N. obscura, and N. silvestris (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

scientific article (publication date: 23 November 2016)

A taxonomic revision of the Malagasy genus Emphania Erichson, 1847 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

scientific article published in 2008

A taxonomic revision of the Neoserica (sensu lato) calva group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

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A taxonomic revision of the Neoserica (sensu lato) pilosula group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

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A transcriptome‐based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)

scientific article published in 2023

Additions to the Neoserica calva group from continental South East Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

scholarly article published in 2021

An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

scholarly article published in 2021

An update to the taxonomy of the genus Gastroserica Brenske (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

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Asymmetry in genitalia does not increase the rate of their evolution

scientific article published on 8 August 2015

Bayesian species delimitation in Pleophylla chafers (Coleoptera) - the importance of prior choice and morphology

scientific article (publication date: 5 May 2016)

Combined molecular and morphological data provide insights into the evolution and classification of Chilocorini ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

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Comparative analysis of morphospace of Neotropical Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): disparity in the light of species diversity and activity patterns

scientific article published in 2021

Contrasting results of multiple species delimitation approaches cause uncertainty in synecological studies: A case study on Sri Lankan chafers

scientific article published in 2023

Contribution to the genus Chilocorus Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini), with descriptions of two new species from China

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Crabro (Thyreopus) malyshevi n.sp

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DNA-based taxonomy for associating adults and larvae in multi-species assemblages of chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).

scientific article published on 2 March 2007

Diversification of the endemic Himalayan monsoon-season beetle genus Calloserica inferred from a cladistic analysis (Coleoptera�:�Scarabaeidae�:�Sericini)

scholarly article by Dirk Ahrens published in January 2005

Does monitoring of saproxylic beetles benefit from inclusion of larvae?

scientific article published on 25 February 2022

Excluding spatial sampling bias does not eliminate oversplitting in DNA‐based species delimitation analyses

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Exploring diversity in cryptorhynchine weevils (Coleoptera) using distance-, character- and tree-based species delineation.

scientific article published on 2 December 2011

Exploring the Leaf Beetle Fauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of an Ecuadorian Mountain Forest Using DNA Barcoding

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Family-Level Sampling of Mitochondrial Genomes in Coleoptera: Compositional Heterogeneity and Phylogenetics

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

scientific article published in 2022

Inferring speciation modes in a clade of Iberian chafers from rates of morphological evolution in different character systems

scientific article (publication date: 15 September 2009)

Integrative analysis of DNA phylogeography and morphology of the European rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) to infer species taxonomy and patterns of postglacial colonisation in Europe.

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Landscape genetics indicate recently increased habitat fragmentation in African forest-associated chafers

scientific article published on 7 January 2017

Local stochastics and ecoclimatic situation shape phytophagous chafer assemblage composition

scientific article published in 2023

Maladera affinis (Blanchard, 1850) comb. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Sericini), an oriental faunal element in the Malagasy region

scholarly article by Dirk Ahrens published in April 2008

Maladera rugosa (Blanchard, 1850) new combination—a valid species and senior synonym of Maladera graeca Petrovitz, 1969 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

scientific article published on 3 April 2020

Neoserica (s. str.) phuphami—a further new Neoserica species from Vietnam with highly modified pronotum (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

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Neue Erkenntnisse zur Herkunft von Autoserica caifensis BRENSKE 1897 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Melolonthidae)

New Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 species and further new bicolored species of the Neoserica calva group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

scientific article published on 14 July 2022

New data on the distribution of species of Gastroserica Brenske, 1897, with descriptions of five new taxa from China and Laos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

scientific article (publication date: 4 November 2003)

New fossil evidence of the early diversification of scarabs: Alloioscarabaeus cheni (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China

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New material of the genus Lasioserica BRENSKE 1896 with the description of four new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

scientific article published in 2005

New species and records of Lasioserica and Gynaecoserica from China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

scientific article published in 2017

New species and records of Sericini from India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

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New species and records of Sericini from the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) II

scientific article published on 17 October 2019

New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) II.

scholarly article published in 2021

New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III

scientific article published in November 2022

New species and records of Sericini scarab beetles from the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

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New species and records of theNeoserica(sensu stricto) group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

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New species of Calloserica Brenske, 1894 from Sikkim and Nepal (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Sericini)

scientific article published in 2000

New species of Nipponoserica and Paraserica from China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini).

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

scientific article published in April 2020

New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II

scientific article published in 2022

New species of Sericini from the Himalaya and adjacent mountains (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

scientific article published in 2011

New species of the Microserica lineata group from Laos and Thailand (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

New species of the genus Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1896 from Indochina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

scholarly article published in 2021

Notes on distribution and synonymy of sericid beetles of Taiwan, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae)

scholarly article by D Ahrens published in January 2002

Notes on the taxonomy of some "Astaena" species described by Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

On the Aphodiinae of the Nepal-Himalayas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

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On the identity of some taxa of Sericinae described by C. P. Thunberg and L. Gyllenhal (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

scientific article published in 2019

On the phylogenetic position and systematics of extant and fossil Aclopinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Phylogeography and DNA-based species delimitation provide insight into the taxonomy of the polymorphic rose chafer Protaetia (Potosia) cuprea species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in the Western Palearctic

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Rarity and Incomplete Sampling in DNA-Based Species Delimitation

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Redescription and Lectotype Designation for Emphania chloris Burmeister, 1855 and Heptomera metallica Blanchard, 1850 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

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Renius cornutus, a new genus and species of Chilocorini from Tibet, China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

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Revision der Arten der Microserica viridicollis ARROW 1913- Gruppe (Coleoptera, Melolonthinae, Sericini)

scientific article published in 2002

Revision der Serica nigroguttata Brenske, 1897 - Gruppe (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

scientific article published in 2007

Sex-Biased Dispersal Obscures Species Boundaries in Integrative Species Delimitation Approaches

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Small-scale topography modulates elevational α-, β- and γ-diversity of Andean leaf beetles.

scientific article published on 9 March 2018

Taxonomic review on the Trioserica Moser, 1922 species of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

scholarly article published in 2021

Taxonomic revision of Serica MacLeay, 1819 (sensu lato) from China and adjacent areas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), with updates on Nipponoserica Nomura, 1972

scientific article published in 2022

Taxonomic revision of the genus Anomalophylla Reitter, 1887 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

scientific article (publication date: 4 November 2005)

Taxonomic utility of female copulation organs in Sericini chafers (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), with special reference to asymmetry

scholarly article in Contributions to Zoology, vol. 84 no. 2, August 2015

The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity

scientific article published on 18 November 2019

The evolution of morphospace in phytophagous scarab chafers: no competition--no divergence?

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The evolution of scarab beetles tracks the sequential rise of angiosperms and mammals

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The genus Dedalopterus Sabatinelli & Pontuale, 1998 (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Leucopholini) in Laos and Vietnam, with description of a new species

scientific article published in 2024

The genus Symmela Erichson, 1835 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini): taxonomy and phylogenetic analysis

scientific article published on 19 March 2022

The identity of Maladera infuscata (Moser, 1915), with description of a new species from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

scientific article (publication date: 26 December 2003)

The phylogeny of Sericini and their position within the Scarabaeidae based on morphological characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

scientific article published on 23 May 2005

The phylogeny of monkey beetles based on mitochondrial and ribosomal RNA genes (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Hopliini)

scientific article published on May 6, 2011

Towards an improved knowledge of Sericini of the Tibetan highland: new species and records (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

scientific article published in 2014

Towards the phylogeny of chafers (Sericini): analysis of alignment-variable sequences and the evolution of segment numbers in the antennal club

scientific article published on 23 February 2008

Two new species of the Neoserica (sensu stricto) group from China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

scholarly article published in 2020

Unexpected diversity of Hyboserica chafers in South African forest remnants: cladistic analysis, new species and the new genus Leoserica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

article by Silvia Fabrizi et al published 27 April 2019 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Using taxonomic consistency with semi-automated data pre-processing for high quality DNA barcodes

scientific article published on 29 June 2017

Why barcode? High-throughput multiplex sequencing of mitochondrial genomes for molecular systematics

scientific article published on September 28, 2010

Zwei neue Arten von Nipponoserica NOMURA, 1973 aus dem Himalaya (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Sericini)

An update to the taxonomy of Serica MacLeay, 1819 (sensu lato) from China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericinae, Sericini)

scientific article published in 2023