Utility of DNA sequences for inferring phylogenetic relationships and associating morphologically dissimilar males and females of the bee-killing flies, genus Melaloncha (Diptera: Phoridae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 713-721

  Smith, Paul T ^a   Brown, Brian V ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apidae; Molecular systematics; Neotropical; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

FLY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITOID; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DIPTERA; MELALONCHA; MELIPONINAE; PHORIDAE;

EID: 49149091441     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[713:UODSFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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