Article
Evidence for sibling species in Cryptocercus punctulatus, the wood roach, from variation in mitochondrial DNA and karyotype.
Heredity - 1 May 1996
Kambhampati S, Luykx P, Nalepa C A
Abstract excerpt
The wood-feeding genus Cryptocercus is considered the basal lineage among extant cockroaches. Cryptocercus is the sole representative of the family Cryptocercidae and at present three species are recognized within the genus worldwide: Cryptocercus punctulatus in the United States, C. relictus in Eurasia and C. primarius in the Orient. The geological distribution of C. punctulatus in the USA is disjunct, with...
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