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Three Taxa in One: Cryptic Diversity in the Black Fly Simulium nobile (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Southeast Asia.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Jul 2016
Low Van Lun, Takaoka Hiroyuki, Pramual Pairot, Adler Peter H, Ya'cob Zubaidah, Chen Chee Dhang, Yotopranoto Subagyo, Zaid Adnan, Hadi Upik Kesumawati, Lardizabal Maria Lourdes, Nasruddin-Roshidi Affan, Sofian-Azirun Mohd
Abstract excerpt
We access the molecular diversity of the black fly Simulium nobile De Mejiere, using the universal cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) barcoding gene, across its distributional range in Southeast Asia. Our phylogenetic analyses recovered three well-supported mitochondrial lineages of S. nobile, suggesting the presence of cryptic species. Lineage A is composed of a population from Sabah, East Malaysia (Borneo);...
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