PHYLOGENY OF THE WORLD SPECIES OF MUSTHA AMYOT AND SERVILLE (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE: PENTATOMINAE: HALYINI) BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS

N. Memon F. Gilbert A. M. Shaikh PHYLOGENY OF THE WORLD SPECIES OF MUSTHA AMYOT AND SERVILLE (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE: PENTATOMINAE: HALYINI) BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

JAPS

2014

2014/04/01

24 2 463-474 1018-7081

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. Phylogeny Mustha, Halyini, Pentatomidae Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum

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