Non-monophyly and cryptic lineages between two morphoforms of Megalurothrips usitatus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Peninsular Malaysia: Insights from morphological and molecular data
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Abstract
The DNA barcode data revealed two lineages of M. usitatus. Lineage I, consisted of the typical M. usitatus morphoform ‘a’ from the field collected and laboratory reared specimens, and the reference sequences from the GenBank whereas Lineage II consisted of both M. usitatus morphoforms ‘a’ and ‘b’ from the field collected specimens. The interspecific distances between both lineages ranged from 8.78 to 9.63%, suggesting the presence of cryptic and non-monophyly lineages between two morphoforms of M. usitatus in Peninsular Malaysia. © 2020 Korean Society of Applied Entomology
Keywords
Megalurothrips, Morphoform, Molecular, Lineage, Cryptic
Divisions
InstituteofBiologicalSciences,tidrec
Funders
University of Malaya research grants ( RG069-09SUS and RP03-013SUS )
Publication Title
Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
Volume
23
Issue
2
Publisher
Elsevier