Morphology of mouthparts poorly resolves the phylogeny of Sericini chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Morphological homogeneity within Sericini has resulted in great difficulties with respect to generic classification primarily due to lack of diagnostic characters and significant levels of homoplasy of many traits used to establish and diagnose generic groups. Recently, new morphological structures have been studied within sericines to determine their systematic utility. Reported here are the results of a comparative study of sericine...