Genetic diversity within scorpions of the genus Buthus from the Iberian Peninsula: Mitochondrial DNA sequence data indicate additional distinct cryptic lineages

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-211

  Sousa, Pedro ^a,b   Froufe, Elsa ^a,c   Alves, Paulo Célio ^a,b   Harris, D James ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CO1; phylogeny; Scorpiones

Indexed keywords

BUTHUS; BUTHUS OCCITANUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 77956676783     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/H08-98.1     Document Type: Article

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