Cladistics, bruchids and host plants: evolucionary interactions in Amblycerus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

A preliminary cladistic analysis of forty species of Amblycerus Thunberg is presented based on 29 morphological characters. The analysis generated four equally parsimonious trees of 60 steps in length with a consistency index of 0.63 and a retention index of 0.88. By replacing host families by each...

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Main Authors: Romero Nápoles, Jesús, Ayers, Tina J., Johnson, Clarence Dan
Formato: Online
Idioma:eng
Publicado: Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2002
Acceso en liña:https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/2496