The flightless beetles of the tribe #Dorcadionini (Col: Cerambycidae) in #CentralAsia are similar but not closely related. Their first phylogeny is now out in a paper led by @ceramb.bsky.social of MIZ PAS. Environmental adaptation could play a key role here. @ncn.gov.pl
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The last of the three expeditions to Central Asia in the @ncn.gov. project is currently underway. Kyrgyzstan is home to phylogenetically important taxa of flightless #Dorcadionini s.l. (Coleoptera: #Cerambycidae). Collaboration with Manas University
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