Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the large carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 249-266

  Leys, Remko ^a   Cooper, Steve J B ^a   Schwarz, Mike P ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dispersal; Gondwanaland; Molecular phylogeny; Parsimony, likelihood and Bayesian phylogenies; Relaxed molecular clock; Vicariance; Xylocopa

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BILUNA; HYMENOPTERA; MYA; NYCTOMELITTA; PERIXYLOCOPA; PROXYLOCOPA; XYLOCOPA (GENUS); XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 0036775987     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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