Cryptic Diversity Hidden within the Leafminer Genus Liriomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae).

ABSTRACT: Leafminer insects of the genus Liriomyza are small flies whose larvae feed on the internal tissue of some of the most important crop plants for the human diet. Several of these pest species are highly uniform from the morphological point of view, meaning molecular data represents the only reliable taxonomic tool useful to define cryptic boundaries. In this study, both mitochondrial and nuclear molecular markers have been applied to investigate the population genetics of some Tunisian populations of the polyphagous species Liriomyza cicerina, one of the most important pest of chickpea cultivars in the whole Mediterranean region. Molecular data have been collected on larvae isolated from chickpea, faba bean, and lentil leaves, and used for population genetics, phylogenetics, an

SUBMITTER: Carapelli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6266616 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature