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Origins and diversification of subsociality in leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Chrysomelinae)

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  • 1. Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA;
  • 2. Centro Universitário de Lavras-Unilavras, Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Biológicas, Lavras, Brazil;
  • 3. Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain;
  • 4. Iquitos, Perú

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Chaboo, Caroline S., Frieiro-Costa, Fernando A., Gómez-Zurita, Jesús, Westerduijn, Rob (2014): Origins and diversification of subsociality in leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Chrysomelinae). Journal of Natural History 48 (37-38): 2325-2367, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.909060, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.909060

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