DNA barcodes reveal cryptic genetic diversity within the blackfly subgenus Trichodagmia Enderlein (Diptera: Simuliidae: Simulium) and related taxa in the New World

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3514, 2012, Pages 43-69

  Hernández Triana, Miguel ^a   Crainey, James Lee ^b   Hall, Andy ^c   Fatih, Farrah ^d   MacKenzie Dodds, Jacqueline ^c   Shelley, Anthony John ^c   Zhou, Xin ^a   Post, Rory J ^e   Gregory, T Ryan ^a   Neil Hebert, Paul David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blackflies; Cryptic diversity; DNA Barcoding; Simuliidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867390872     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3514.1.3     Document Type: Article

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