Phylogenetics and genetic diversity of the Cotesia flavipes complex of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), biological control agents of lepidopteran stemborers

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 904 - 914
• Main Authors: Muirhead, Kate A., Murphy, Nicholas P., Sallam, Nader, Donnellan, Stephen C., Austin, Andrew D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2012
• Subjects: Animals; Bayes Theorem; Bayesian theory; Biological control; Biological Control Agents; biotypes; Braconidae; Cotesia flavipes; Cotesia flavipes complex; crops; Electron Transport Complex IV - genetics; genes; Genes, Mitochondrial; Genetic Variation; haplotypes; host specificity; Host strains; hosts; Hymenoptera; Insect Proteins - genetics; interspecific variation; introgression; Lepidoptera; loci; mitochondrial DNA; Molecular Sequence Data; monophyly; Multilocus Sequence Typing; nucleotide sequences; parasitic wasps; parasitism; Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; Peptide Fragments; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Speciation; Wasps - genetics; Papua New Guinea; Australia; China; Japan; Africa; China, People's Rep; INW, Japan; Cotesia flavipes complex; Biological control; Host strains; Speciation

[Display omitted] ► We examined phylogenetics and genetic diversity of the Cotesia flavipes complex. ► We used a multilocus network approach and species tree inference methods. ► Analyses support the monophyly of the complex and the presence of four species. ► Analyses support intraspecific variatio...