Phylogenetic Analysis of the North American Beetle Genus Trichiotinus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Trichiinae)

A hypothesized evolutionary history of the North American endemic trichiine scarab genus Trichiotinus is presented including all eight species and three outgroup taxa. Data from nineteen morphological traits and CO1 and 28S gene sequences were used to construct phylogenies using both parsimony and B...

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Main Authors: T. Keith Philips, Mark Callahan, Jesús Orozco, Naomi Rowland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1584962