Do molecules bear the key to solving a complex taxonomic problem? The Western Palearctic jewel leaf beetles in the genus Cryptocephalus Müller (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

• Applicant: Dr. Michael Balke
• Subject Area: Systematics and Morphology (Zoology)
• Term: from 2007 to 2009
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 38252958

• Final Report Year: 2008

Final Report Abstract

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Publications

• 2007. A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a super-radiation. -Science 318, 1913-1916
  Hunt, T., Bergsten, J., Levkanicova, Z., Papadopoulou, A., St John, O., Wild, R., Hammond, P.M., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Caterino, M.S., Gómez-Zurita, J., Ribera, I., Barraclough, T.G., Bocakova, M., Bocak, L. & Vogler, A.P.
  
• 2008. Ancient associations of aquatic beetles and tank bromeliads in the Neotropical forest canopy. - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS) 105, 6356-6361
  Balke, M., Gómez-Zurita, J., Ribera, I., Viloria, A., Zillikens, A., Steiner, J., Garcia, M., Hendrich, L. & Vogler, A.P.