Molecular analysis of the biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 2

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-35

  Beckenbach, Andrew T ^a   Borkent, Art ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biting midges; Ceratopogonidae; cox2; Nematocera

Indexed keywords

AUSTROCONOPS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CERATOPOGONINAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOMORPHA; DASYHELEINAE; DIPTERA; FORCIPOMYIINAE; LEPTOCONOPS; NEMATOCERA;

EID: 0037390936     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00395-0     Document Type: Article

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