Species delimitation of the Hyphydrus ovatus complex in western Palaearctic with an update of species distributions (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

The species status of Hyphydrus anatolicus Guignot, 1957 and H. sanctus Sharp, 1882, previously often confused with the widespread H. ovatus (Linnaeus, 1760), are tested with molecular and morphological characters. Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) was sequenced for 32 specimens of all three spec...

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Main Authors: Johannes Bergsten, Elisabeth Weingartner, Jiří Hájek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-06-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12886