Molecular phylogeny of the endemic East African flightless grasshoppers Altiusambilla Jago, Usambilla (Sjöstedt) and Rhainopomma Jago (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Lentulidae)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 712-719

  Schultz, Oliver ^a,b   Hemp, Claudia ^c   Hemp, Andreas ^c   Wägele, Wolfgang ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GRASSHOPPER; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; PARE MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAITA HILLS; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; USAMBARA MOUNTAINS;

ACRIDOIDEA; LENTULIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; RHAINOPOMMA; RHAINOPOMMA MONTANUM; USAMBILLA;

EID: 34848861721     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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