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dc.contributor.authorJauset, A. M.
dc.contributor.authorEdo-Tena, E.
dc.contributor.authorParés-Casanova, P. M.
dc.contributor.authorCastañé, C.
dc.contributor.authorAgustí, N.
dc.contributor.authorAlomar, O.
dc.contributor.otherProducció Vegetalca
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-02T12:52:44Z
dc.date.available2022-08-02T12:52:44Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-01
dc.identifier.citationJauset, A., E. Edo-Tena, P. Parés-Casanova, C. Castañé, N. Agustí, and O. Alomar. 2017. "Elliptic Fourier Analysis In The Study Of The Male Genitalia To Discriminate Three Macrolophus Species (Hemiptera: Miridae)". Insects 8 (4): 120. doi:10.3390/insects8040120.ca
dc.identifier.issn2075-4450ca
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/1847
dc.description.abstractWithin the genus Macrolophus (Heteroptera: Miridae), the species M. costalis (Fieber), M. melanotoma (Costa) and M. pygmaeus (Rambur) are present in the Mediterranean region on a wide variety of plant species. While M. costalis can easily be separated from the other two by the black tip at the scutellum, M. pygmaeus and M. melanotoma are cryptic species, extremely similar to one another in external traits, which has resulted in misidentifications. M. pygmaeus is an efficient biological control agent, both in greenhouse and field crops. The misidentification of these cryptic species could limit the effectiveness of biological control programs. Although the morphology of the left paramere of the male genitalia has been used as a character for identification of these two cryptic species, there is controversy surrounding the reliability of this character as a taxonomic tool for these species. Using geometric morphometric techniques, which are a powerful approach in detecting slight shape variations, the left parameres from these three Macrolophus species were compared. The paramere of M. costalis was larger and had a different shape to that of M. melanotoma and M. pygmaeus; however, no differences in size or shape were found between the left paramere of M. melanotoma and that of M. pygmaeus. Therefore, our results confirm that this character is too similar and it cannot be used to discriminate between these two cryptic species.ca
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dc.language.isoengca
dc.publisherMDPIca
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dc.titleElliptic Fourier Analysis in the Study of the Male Genitalia to Discriminate Three Macrolophus Species (Hemiptera: Miridae)ca
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca
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dc.rights.accessLevelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.embargo.termscapca
dc.relation.projectIDMICINN/Programa Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental/AGL2011‐24349/ES/Identificación y evaluación de depredadores y sus fuentes de colonización para favorecer el control biológico por conservación en cultivos hortícolas/ca
dc.relation.projectIDMINECO/Programa Estatal de I+D+I orientada a los retos de la sociedad/AGL2014-53970-C2-2-R/ES/EL PAISAJE EN EL CONTROL BIOLOGICO POR CONSERVACION EN FRUTALES DE HUESO/LANDFRUITBIOCONca
dc.subject.udc632ca
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/insects8040120ca
dc.contributor.groupProtecció Vegetal Sostenibleca


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