Species boundaries and phylogeography of the "Euscorpius carpathicus complex" (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) in Italy

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 502-514

  Salomone, Nicola ^a   Vignoli, Valerio ^a   Frati, Francesco ^a   Bernini, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phylogeography; Range overlap; Scorpions; Species boundaries; Species complex

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; SCORPION;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SCORPIONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EUSCORPIIDAE; EUSCORPIUS; EUSCORPIUS CARPATHICUS; EUSCORPIUS SICANUS; EUSCORPIUS TERGESTINUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 34247608148     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.023     Document Type: Article

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