Phylogeny of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Implications for the evolution of light signals

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-49

  Stanger Hall, Kathrin F ^a   Lloyd, James E ^b   Hillis, David M ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S; 18S; Aspisoma; Bayesian analysis; Bicellonycha; Brachylampis; Cantharidae; COI; Ellychnia; Flashes; Glows; Lamprohiza; Lampyridae; Lampyrids; Lampyris; Lucidota; Lychnuris; Lycidae; Micronaspis; Microphotus; Paraphausis; Phausis; Pheromones; Phosphaenus; Photinus; Photuris; Phylogeny; Pleotomodes; Pleotomus; Pollaclassis; Pterotus; Pyractomena; Pyropyga; Rhagophthalmidae; Signal mode

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; FIREFLY; GENETICS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FIREFLIES; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CANTHARIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ELLYCHNIA; LAMPYRIDAE; LAMPYRIS; LUCIDOTA; LYCIDAE; MICROPHOTUS; PHOSPHAENUS; PHOTINUS; PHOTINUS PYRALIS; PHOTURIS; PLEOTOMUS; PTEROTUS; PYRACTOMENA; RHAGOPHTHALMINAE; RHAGOPHTHALMUS;

EID: 34548497404     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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