• DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106537
Corpus ID: 195064758

On the origin of the New World Pyrgomorphidae (Insecta: Orthoptera).

@article{MarioPrez2019OnTO,
  title={On the origin of the New World Pyrgomorphidae (Insecta: Orthoptera).},
  author={R. Mari{\~n}o-P{\'e}rez and Hojun Song},
  journal={Molecular phylogenetics and evolution},
  year={2019},
  volume={139},
  pages={
          106537
        }
}

R. Mariño-Pérez, Hojun Song

Published 2019

Biology, Medicine

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

The gaudy grasshopper family Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) shows a peculiar geographical distribution. Of the 487 described species, less than 10% of the diversity is found in the New World, while the rest occur throughout Africa, Asia, and Australia. Only 41 species belonging to four tribes are found in Central and South America and Dominican Republic, and the phylogenetic positions of these taxa within the large phylogeny of Pyrgomorphidae and the relationships among them have never… CONTINUE READING

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