The Lesser of Two Weevils: Molecular-Genetics of Pest Palm Weevil Populations Confirm Rhynchophorus vulneratus (Panzer 1798) as a Valid Species Distinct from R. ferrugineus (Olivier 1790), and Reveal the Global Extent of Both

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Rugman Jones, Paul F ^a   Hoddle, Christina D ^a   Hoddle, Mark S ^a   Stouthamer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE SUBUNIT I GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS; RHYNCHOPHORUS VULNERATUS; SPECIES INVASION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEEVILS;

EID: 84885460533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078379     Document Type: Article

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