COI and ITS2 sequences delimit species, reveal cryptic taxa and host specificity of fig-associated Sycophila (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae)

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Li, Yanwei ^a   Zhou, Xin ^b   Feng, Gui ^c   Hu, Haoyuan ^c   Niu, Liming ^c   Hebert, Paul D N ^b   Huang, Dawei ^a,c  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Host specificity; Male polymorphism; Sex association; Sexual dimorphism; Species identification

Indexed keywords

EURYTOMIDAE; FICUS BENJAMINA; FICUS MICROCARPA; HYMENOPTERA; SYCOPHILA;

EID: 73349129972     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02671.x     Document Type: Article

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