Taxonomic identification of Macrolophus pygmaeus and Macrolophus melanotoma based on morphometry and molecular markers

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 204-215

  Castane C ^a   Agusti N ^a   Arno J ^a   Gabarra, R ^a   Riudavets, J ^a   Comas, J ^b   Alomar, O ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cryptic species; M. melanotoma; M. pygmaeus; Macrolophus caliginosus; multivariate morphometry; specific primers; taxonomic characterisation

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CROP PEST; CRYPSIS; ENTOMOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; HOST PLANT; INOCULATION; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY; VEGETABLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY; OVUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUROPE;

DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROLOPHUS; MACROLOPHUS CALIGINOSUS; MACROLOPHUS MELANOTOMA; MACROLOPHUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 84877148597     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485312000545     Document Type: Article

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