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Colonization of the Pacific by Bembidion beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with description of Bembidion tahitiense, sp. nov., from Tahiti, French Polynesia

Creator:

Liebherr, James K. and Maddison, David R.

Abstract:

Bembidion (Sloanephila) tahitiense, sp. nov., is described from Mont Mauru, an isolated massif of Tahiti Nui volcano. Based upon evidence from seven genes (four nuclear protein-coding, one mitochondrial protein-coding, two nuclear ribosomal), its sister group is the Australian B. jacksoniense Guérin-Méneville, with which it shares a synapomorphic spur on the...

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