Phylogenetic analysis of the leafhopper genus Apogonalia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and comments on the biogeography of the Caribbean islands

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 548-570

  Felix, Márcio ^a   Mejdalani, Gabriel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antilles; Auchenorrhyncha; Cicadellinae; Cladistics; Endemism; Membracoidea; Morphology; Phylogenetic integrity; Sharpshooter

Indexed keywords

APOGONALIA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CICADELLIDAE; CICADELLINAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; MEMBRACOIDEA;

EID: 80053271501     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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