Genetic analysis of an unusual population of the problematic tiger beetle group, Cicindela Spendida/C. Limbalis, from Virginia, U.S.A. (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) using mtDNA

Entomological News

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-348

  Woodcock, Ryan M ^a   Knisley, C Barry ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cicindela denverensis; Cicindela limbalis; Common Claybank tiger beetle; Green Claybank tiger beetle; Hybridization; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogenetic analysis; Splendid tiger beetle

Indexed keywords

CICINDELA DENVERENSIS; CICINDELA LIMBALIS; CICINDELA SPLENDIDA; CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77952943773     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3157/021.120.0401     Document Type: Article

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