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Phylogeography of a semi-aquatic bug, Microvelia horvathi (Hemiptera: Veliidae): an evaluation of historical, geographical and ecological factors.
Scientific reports - 29 Feb 2016
Ye Zhen, Zhu Gengping, Damgaard Jakob, Chen Xin, Chen Pingping, Bu Wenjun
Abstract excerpt
Subtropical China is a centre of speciation and well known for its high biological diversity and endemism. To understand the impact of historical, geographical and ecological factors on the intraspecific lineage divergence of invertebrates, we examined these processes in a semiaquatic bug, Microvelia horvathi (Hemiptera: Veliidae). Three hypotheses were developed using ecological niche models (ENM). We tested...
Topics
- Animals
- Biodiversity
- China
- Climate
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Ecosystem
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genes, Insect
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- Hemiptera
