Systematic biology
Cryptic species can be phylogenetically old despite strong sex-biased dispersal.
Lars Dietz, Jonas Eberle, Sandra Kukowka, Lars Podsiadlowski, Erika Bazzato, Madlen Stange, Rachel C M Warnock, Oliver Niehuis, Christoph Mayer, Dirk Ahrens
Published: 202510.1093/sysbio/syaf072
Abstract
The impact of strongly differentiated populations on species delimitation due to limited or sex-biased dispersal remains challenging and under-explored in the framework of integrative taxonomy. The Mediterranean chafer beetle genus Pachypus is remark…
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