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Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple genes and phylogeny of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera
Article first published online: 8 APR 2002
DOI: 10.1046/j.0300-3256.2001.00095.x
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Whiting, M. F. (2002), Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple genes and phylogeny of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera. Zoologica Scripta, 31: 93–104. doi: 10.1046/j.0300-3256.2001.00095.x
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- Issue published online: 8 APR 2002
- Article first published online: 8 APR 2002
- Accepted: 4 October 2001
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Phylogenetic relationships among members of the Mecoptera and Siphonaptera were inferred from DNA sequence data. Four loci (18S and 28S ribosomal DNA, cytochrome oxidase II and elongation factor-1α) were sequenced for 69 taxa selected to represent major flea and mecopteran lineages. Phylogenetic analyses of these data support a paraphyletic Mecoptera with two major lineages: Nannochoristidae + (Siphonaptera + Boreidae) and Meropidae + ((Choristidae + Apteropanorpidae) (Panorpidae + (Panorpidae + Bittacidae))). The flea family Ctenophthalmidae is paraphyletic, and the Ceratophylloidea is monophyletic. Morphological evidence is discussed which is congruent with the placement of Siphonaptera as sister group to Boreidae.