Phylogeography of the Namib Desert dung beetles Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-84

  Sole, Catherine L ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^a   Bastos, Armanda D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aptery; Biogeography; Coleoptera; Cytochrome oxidase I; Endemic; Mitochondrial DNA; Namib Desert; Phylogeny; Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeus (Pachysoma)

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PACHYSOMA; PACHYSOMA HIPPOCRATES; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 12744281052     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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