Polygraphus grandiclava (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) collected from pine and cherry trees: A phylogenetic analysis

Polygraphus grandiclava (Thomson, 1886) is a unique scolytid species in that it infests both Pinaceae and Rosaceae. The utilization of such different host trees lead to the designation of two species at the beginning of the last century. Later on, these two species were synonymised. Here we investig...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios AVTZIS, Miloš KNÍŽEK, Klaus HELLRIGL, Christian STAUFFER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2008-10-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
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Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-200804-0032_Polygraphus_grandiclava_Coleoptera_Curculionidae_collected_from_pine_and_cherry_trees_A_phylogenetic_analys.php
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Summary:Polygraphus grandiclava (Thomson, 1886) is a unique scolytid species in that it infests both Pinaceae and Rosaceae. The utilization of such different host trees lead to the designation of two species at the beginning of the last century. Later on, these two species were synonymised. Here we investigated the genetic identity of populations collected from pine and cherry trees by sequencing a partial region of the mitochondrial COI gene. The phylogenetic study presented reveals no indication of host-induced differentiation within the mitochondrial sequences of the populations collected from the two host plants.
ISSN:1210-5759
1802-8829