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2019 , Vol. 44 >Issue 2: 91 - 99

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201904

Original Paper

Molecular test shows the color pattern is not so reliable in diagnostic of genus Dysphaea Selys (Odonata: Euphaeidae)

  • Yao Ji ,
  • Xin Yu
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  • 1Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China 2College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China

Online published: 2019-04-24

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31572299) and a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2015FY210300).

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Abstract

A molecular study based on COI, 16S and 28S genes reveals that a batch of specimens (7 males and 4 females) of Dysphaea Selys, 1853 collected from central Vietnam, which include different color patterns of wings and body, and were originally identified as three different species, are all the same species. This study implies that, in some group of Odonata, identification only depending on color pattern may be unreliable, no matter what huge variations there are.

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Yao Ji , Xin Yu . Molecular test shows the color pattern is not so reliable in diagnostic of genus Dysphaea Selys (Odonata: Euphaeidae)[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2019 , 44(2) : 91 -99 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201904

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