Descriptions of late instars of three littoral Cafius species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) by association of life stage with DNA sequences.(deoxyribonucleic acid)(Report)
From: Florida Entomologist
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Date: 9/1/2007
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Author: Ahn, Kee-Jeong; Jeon, Mi-Jeong
ABSTRACT
Late instars of 3 littoral Cafius Curtis species [Cafius fucicola Curtis, C. nauticus (Fairmaire), C. vestitus (Sharp)] are described for the first time by using sequences of mitochondrial gene. In total, 13 unknown larvae were collected in association with adults from the Nearctic and Palearctic regions. The partial cytochrome oxidase II (CO II) gene was sequenced from the unknown larvae and several identified adult specimens for adults-larvae association. The range of ...
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