Mitochondrial and nuclear markers support the monophyly of Dolichopodidae and suggest a rapid origin of the subfamilies (Diptera: Empidoidea)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-70

  Lim, Gwynne Shimin ^a   Hwang, Wei Song ^b   Narayanan Kutty, Sujatha ^a   Meier, Rudolf ^a   Grootaert, Patrick ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLY; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

DIAPHORINAE; DIPTERA; DOLICHOPODIDAE; EMPIDIDAE; EMPIDOIDEA; HYBOTINAE; HYDROPHORINAE; MEDETERINAE; NEURIGONINAE; PELOROPEODINAE; SCIAPODINAE; SYMPYCNINAE;

EID: 76249133376     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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