Browsing by Subject "integrative taxonomy"

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Integrative taxonomy reveals six new species related to the Mediterranean corn stalk borer Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Sesamiina)

Kergoat, Gael J.; Van den Berg, Johnnie; Toussaint, Emmanuel F.A.; Capdevielle-Dulac, Claire; Clamens, Anne-Laure (Wiley, 2015)

Species in the stem borer noctuid subtribe Sesamiina are notoriously difficult to distinguish because most related species have homogeneous wing patterns and almost indistinguishable genitalia. The latter is potentially ...
A revision of African helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa), with descriptions of six new species

Petzold, Alice; Vargas-Ramirez, Mario; Kehlmaier, Christian; Du Preez, Louis; Meyer, Leon (Magnolia Press, 2014)

Using nearly range-wide sampling, we analyze up to 1848 bp of mitochondrial DNA of 183 helmeted terrapins and identify a minimum of 12 deeply divergent species-level clades. Uncorrected p distances of these clades equal ...