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| Further geometric morphometric analysis on the genus Eysarcoris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from China |
| Rongrong Li1, Min Li1, 3, Shengcai Li1 *, Hufang Zhang1, 2 * |
| 1College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
2Department of Biology, Xinzhou Teachers University, Xinzhou 034000, China
3Department of Biology, Taiyuan Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China |
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Abstract Further geometric morphometric analysis of the genus Eysarcoris was done based on the former studies to classified the nine Eysarcoris species from China. In this study, six characters, such as forewing, hindwing, pygophore, head, pronotum and scutellum, were selected to investigate the shape variation of Eysarcoris. Significant divergence in the shapes of the six characters was observed among the species (p < 0.05). For all methods, phenetic similarity based on the six characters agrees with the current status of the genus. The cluster analysis of eight species are consistent with the traditional morphological studies. CVA analysis also shows that the values of the six characters are not equal in taxonomy. Pygophore, forewing, hindwing and pronotum play more important roles in the classification.
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| Fund:The project benefited from the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (31440078, 31501840), Shanxi Province Programs for Science and Technology Development (20150311010-7), Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi (2017169), and Graduate Innovation Project in Shanxi Province (2016BY067) |
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Corresponding Authors:
Shengcai Li, Hufang Zhang
E-mail: sxaulisc@126.com; zh_hufang@sohu.com
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2017, Vol. 42 
