Phylogeny and floral host relationships of Callandrena (Hymenoptera : Andrenidae : Andrena)

Callandrena, a subgenus of 80 described species of bees in the genus Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) is shown, via phylogenetic analysis of both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data, to be polyphyletic. The characters previously uniting this group have likely arisen by convergent evolution...

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Main Author: Larkin, Leah laPerle
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/29824