A preliminary molecular phylogeny of the namib desert darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

African Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-114

  Steckel, J ^a   Penrith, M L ^b   Henschel, J ^c   Brandl, R ^a   Meyer, J ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Gobabeb Training and Research Centre Walvis Bay   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Africa; Benguela current; Relaxed molecular clock; Time of divergence; Zophosis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BEETLE; DIVERGENCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA;

COLEOPTERA; MYA; PIMELIA; TENEBRIONIDAE; ZOPHOSIS;

EID: 77952566631     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/004.045.0106     Document Type: Article

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