Molecular and morphological methods reveal cryptic diversity and three new species of Nearctic Micropsectra (Diptera:Chironomidae)

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 892-921

  Anderson, Alyssa M ^a,b,c   Stur, Elisabeth ^b   Ekrem, Torbjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; cryptic species; descriptions; DNA taxonomy; integrative taxonomy; key; mitochondrial COI; Nearctic; neoappendica; penicillata; phylogeny; subletteorum; Tanytarsini; xantha

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRYPSIS; ENTOMOLOGY; FLY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEARCTIC REGION; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; MICROPSECTRA; MICROPSECTRA XANTHA; PENICILLATA; TANYTARSINI;

EID: 84883436757     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-026.1     Document Type: Article

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