A molecular phylogeny of fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): Origins and host associations

Cladistics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 677-707

  Whiting, Michael F ^a   Whiting, Alison S ^a   Hastriter, Michael W ^a   Dittmar, Katharina ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FLEA; OPTIMIZATION; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; TOPOLOGY;

AVES; CERATOPHYLLIDAE; CERATOPHYLLOMORPHA; COPTOPSYLLIDAE; CTENOPHTHALMIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE; INSECTA; ISCHNOPSYLLIDAE; JORDANOPSYLLA; LEPTOPSYLLIDAE; MAMMALIA; PULICIDAE; PYGIOPSYLLIDAE; PYGIOPSYLLOMORPHA; RHOPALOPSYLLIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VERMIPSYLLIDAE;

EID: 49549104838     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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