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One maternal lineage leads the expansion of Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) in the New and Old Worlds.
Scientific reports - 26 Feb 2020
Machado Dayanna do N, Costa Ervandil C, Guedes Jerson V C, Barbosa Leonardo R, Martínez Gonzalo, Mayorga Sandra I, Ramos Sergio O, Branco Manuela, Garcia André, Vanegas-Rico Juan Manuel, Jiménez-Quiroz Eduardo, Laudonia Stefania, Novoselsky Tania, Hodel Donald R, Arakelian Gevork, Silva Horacio, Perini Clérison R, Valmorbida Ivair, Ugalde Gustavo A, Arnemann Jonas A
Abstract excerpt
The bronze bug, Thaumastocoris peregrinus, an Australian native insect, has become a nearly worldwide invasive pest in the last 16 years and has been causing significant damage to eucalypts (Myrtaceae), including Eucalyptus spp. and Corymbia spp. Its rapid expansion leads to new questions about pathways and routes that T. peregrinus used to invade other continents and countries. We used mtDNA to characterize...
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