Females do count: Documenting chironomidae (Diptera) species diversity using DNA barcoding

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 397-408

  Ekrem, Torbjørn ^a   Stur, Elisabeth ^a   Hebert, Paul D N ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chironomidae; Diptera; DNA barcoding; Freshwater; Insects

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

NORWAY;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78149468555     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0034-y     Document Type: Article

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