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ALLOZYME SURVEY AND RELATIONSHIPS OF LIMNOPORUS STÅL SPECIES (HETEROPTERA: GERRIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

F.A.H. Sperling  and
J.R. Spence
F.A.H. Sperling
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3
J.R. Spence
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3
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Abstract

Five species of Limnoporus Stål (L. canaliculatus [Say], L. dissortis [Drake and Harris], L. nearcticus [Kelton], L. notabilis [Drake and Hottes], and L. rufoscutellatus [Latreille]) were each sampled at 20 electrophoretic loci. Twofold differences among species in mean heterozygosity appear to be unrelated to presence of wing dimorphism. Low heterozygosity in some populations within species may reflect geographic isolation. There were substantial differences in allele frequency among, but not within, species. Limnoporus rufoscutellatus from western Europe and L. nearcticus from Alaska were the most similar pair of species, with a Nei’s standard genetic identity that is generally found only between populations of the same species. Limnoporus canaliculatus was the most divergent species, and the relationship among L. dissortis, L. notabilis, and the L. rufoscutellatus – L. nearcticus pair is resolved as a trichotomy.

Résumé

Cinq espèces de Limnoporus Stål (L. canaliculatus [Say], L. dissortis [Drake et Harris], L. nearcticus [Kelton], L. notabilis [Drake et Hottes] et L. rufoscutellatus [Latreille]) ont été échantillonnées à 20 loci. Des différences interspécifiques de l’ordre du double existant au niveau de l’hétérozygosité n’ont pas pu être imputées au dimorphisme alaire. Au niveau intraspécifique, l’isolation géographique de certaines populations pourrait expliquer leur faible degré d’hétérozygosité. On a noté des différences substantielles concernant la fréquence de certains allèles au niveau interspécifique, mais pas au niveau intraspécifique. Limnoporus rufoscutellatus d’Europe occidentale et L. nearcticus d’Alaska constituent la paire d’espèces les plus semblables, avec une valeur du standard d’identité génétique de Nei caractéristique de populations d’une même espèce Limnoporus canaliculatus était l’espèce la plus divergente, et la parenté entre L. dissortis, L. notabilis, et la paire L. rufoscutellatus – L. nearcticus se résout à une trichotomie.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 122 , Issue 1 , February 1990 , pp. 29 - 42
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1990

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