Research Paper
Using DNA barcodes to investigate the taxonomy of the New Zealand sooty beech scale insect
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- Title
- Using DNA barcodes to investigate the taxonomy of the New Zealand sooty beech scale insect
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- Lincoln University
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- Description
It is currently proposed that there are two species of honeydew-producing sooty beech scale insects (Ultracoelostoma spp.) in New Zealand. It is thought that U. brittini lives exclusively on trunks of southern beech (Nothofagus spp.) trees, while U. assimile occurs mainly on branches. This study aimed to confirm this habitat specialisation by using a molecular genetic approach. We sequenced the c
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- Research Paper
- Research format
- Journal article
- Date created
- 2007-11
- Creator
- Ball, S / Armstrong, Karen
- URL
- https://hdl.handle.net/10182/1636
- Related subjects
- sooty beech scale insect / Margarodidae / Coccoidea / DNA barcoding / DNA taxonomy / species identification / microhabitat specialisation / Marsden::270505 Entomology / Marsden::270501 Animal systematics, taxonomy and phylogeny
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