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A revised phylogeny of macropathine cave crickets (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) uncovers a paraphyletic Australian fauna.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2018
Beasley-Hall Perry G, Tierney Simon M, Weinstein Phillip, Austin Andrew D
Abstract excerpt
Australian cave crickets are members of the subfamily Macropathinae (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae). The subfamily is thought to have originated prior to the tectonic separation of the supercontinent Gondwana based on distributions of extant lineages and molecular phylogenetic evidence, although the Australian fauna have been underrepresented in previous studies. The current study augments existing multigene data...
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