Phylogeography of Reticulitermes termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in California inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 697-706

  Tripodi, Amber D ^a   Austin, James W ^b   Szalanski, Allen L ^a   McKern, Jackie ^a   Carroll, Michael K ^c   Saran, Raj K ^d   Messenger, Matthew T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Mitochondrial DNA; Reticulitermes; Termite

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TERMITE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES HESPERUS; RETICULITERMES OKANAGANENSIS; RETICULITERMES TIBIALIS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33748854157     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[697:PORTIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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