Pleistocene diversification of the Odontophotopsis unicornis species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 555-565

  Wilson, Joseph S ^a   Pitts, James P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; desert; phylogeography; Sphaeropthalminae; velvet ants

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANT; ARID REGION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DESERT; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEOGENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

HYMENOPTERA; MUTILLIDAE; ODONTOPHOTOPSIS; SPHAEROPTHALMINAE;

EID: 77954288799     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN09177     Document Type: Article

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