Australian Sphingidae – DNA Barcodes Challenge Current Species Boundaries and Distributions
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Australian Sphingidae – DNA Barcodes Challenge Current Species Boundaries and Distributions
MAIN OBJECTIVE We examine the extent of taxonomic and biogeographical uncertainty in a well-studied group of Australian Lepidoptera, the hawkmoths (Sphingidae). METHODS We analysed the diversity of Australian sphingids through the comparative analysis of their DNA barcodes, supplemented by morphological re-examinations and sequence information from a nuclear marker in selected cases. The resu...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101108