Cryptic species of mites (Uropodoidea: Uroobovella spp.) associated with burying beetles (Silphidae: Nicrophorus): The collapse of a host generalist revealed by molecular and morphological analyses

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 276-286

  Knee, Wayne ^a,b   Beaulieu, Frédéric ^b   Skevington, Jeffrey H ^b   Kelso, Scott ^b   Forbes, Mark R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CEF   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coevolution; COI mtDNA; Host preferences; ITS2 rDNA; Species boundaries; Uroobovella nova

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BEETLES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HOST SPECIFICITY; MITES; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACARI; COLEOPTERA; MESOSTIGMATA; NICROPHORUS; SILPHIDAE; URODINYCHIDAE; UROOBOVELLA; UROPODINA;

EID: 84864535114     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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