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Evolution and diversification of the forest and hypogean ground-beetle genus Trechus in the Canary Islands.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Mar 2007
Contreras-Díaz Hermans G, Moya Oscar, Oromí Pedro, Juan Carlos
Abstract excerpt
The beetle genus Trechus (Carabidae) is represented in the Macaronesian Islands by 43 endemic species. The Canary Islands have 16 endemic species, with two adapted to hypogean life. Phylogenetic relationships among 177 individuals of 38 Canarian, Madeiran, Azorean and continental Trechus species were examined using mitochondrial DNA and nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequence data. Results show two...
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