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Volume 24, No. (2), 2014 (April)
PHYLOGENY OF THE WORLD SPECIES OF MUSTHA AMYOT AND SERVILLE (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE: PENTATOMINAE: HALYINI) BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS
N. Memon, F. Gilbert and A. M. Shaikh

N. Memon1, F. Gilbert2 and A. M. Shaikh3

1Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
2 School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7, 2RD United Kingdom
3 Department of Zoology, Shah Abdul University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Corresponding Author: nasreen_kousarbks@hotmail.com
DOI: NA
Page Number(s): 463-474
Published Online First: April 01, 2014
Publication Date: April 01, 2014
ABSTRACT

A phylogenetic analysis of all 10 species of the Palaearctic genus Mustha Amyot and Serville is presented here, together with a key. Thirty morphological characters were analyzed using parsimony, including characters of the internal and external male and female genitalia. Using the genus Orthoschizops as an outgroup, only a single most-parsimonious shortest tree resulted. Two species(izmirensis and serratta)were plesiomorphic in the tree. Although only with weak bootstrap support, three distinct clades were evident. A relatively plesiomorphic clade consisted of baranovi, longispinis, gigantea and vicina; the second contained two species, incana and morgani; and the third clade also contained two species, spinosula and spinosus.
Keywords: Phylogeny Mustha, Halyini, Pentatomidae
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