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Bayesian phylogenetic analyses based on 115 morphological characters, nuclear ribosomal 28S DNA and protein-coding histone 3 (H3) gene sequence fragments were performed to test the monophyly of two centrotine tribes endemic to the Caribbean Islands, Nessorhinini and Monobelini. 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