The North American Melanoplinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae): A molecular phylogenetic study of their origins and taxonomic relationships

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-497

  Litzenberger, G ^a   Chapco, W ^b  

^a ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grasshoppers; Melanoplines; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Podismines

Indexed keywords

GRASSHOPPER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACRIDIDAE; MELANOPLINAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0242318252     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0491:TNAMOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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