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Biosystematics of the Cotesia flavipes species complex (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): morphometrics of selected allopatric populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Susan W. Kimani-Njogu ,
William A. Overholt ,
James Woolley  and
Annette Walker
Susan W. Kimani-Njogu
Affiliation:
International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), PO Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya:
William A. Overholt*
Affiliation:
International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), PO Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya:
James Woolley
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA:
Annette Walker
Affiliation:
International Institute of Entomology, 56 Queens Gate, London SW7 5JR, UK
*
*Author for correspondence.
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Abstract

Morphometric studies of allopatric populations of the Cotesia flavipes species complex representing three putative species; C. flavipes Cameron, C. sesamiae (Cameron) and C. chilonis (Matsumura), were conducted. Sixteen characters were measured. Principal component analysis separated the complex into three somewhat overlapping groups that corresponded well with previous concepts of the species. Canonical variate analysis separated the complex into three distinct clusters with populations from Africa together, populations from Asia and the Neotropics forming a second cluster, and material from China and Japan forming a third cluster. The Mahalanobis squared distances between the three clusters were nearly equal. Results support recognition of three species in the C. flavipes complex.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 87 , Issue 1 , February 1997 , pp. 61 - 66
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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