Historical biogeography of the arid-adapted velvet ant Sphaeropthalma arota (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) reveals cryptic species

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 336-352

  Wilson, Joseph S ^a   Clark, Sarah L ^a   Williams, Kevin A ^a   Pitts, James P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert biogeography; Historical ecology; Late Neogene uplift; Phylogeography; Species distribution models; Sphaeropthalminae; Velvet ants; Vicariance; Western North America

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CRYPSIS; DATA SET; DATING METHOD; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEOGENE; NICHE BREADTH; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION; VICARIANCE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

HYMENOPTERA; MUTILLIDAE; SPHAEROPTHALMA; SPHAEROPTHALMINAE;

EID: 84855803235     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02580.x     Document Type: Article

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