Comparative phylogeography of two troglobitic Coleoptera (Leiodidae, Leptodirini) species from Romania based on mitochondrial DNA
About 50 species of cave-obligate Leptodirini (Leiodidae) beetles have been described so far in Romania, most of them populating caves in the Apuseni Mountains (north-western Romania) and the Southern Carpathians. In this contribution, we present the first molecular phylogeographic study of the two...
Main Authors: | Ruxandra Năstase-Bucur, Giuliana Allegrucci, Valerio Ketmaier, Ionuţ Cornel Mirea, Oana Teodora Moldovan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2022-02-01
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Series: | Subterranean Biology |
Online Access: | https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/73524/download/pdf/ |
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