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Issue: Vol. 3745 No. 1: 3 Dec. 2013
Type: Article
Published: 2013-12-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.1.7
Page range: 84–92
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 1

Discovery of the female of Protohermes niger Yang & Yang (Megaloptera: Corydalidae): Sexual dimorphism in coloration of a dobsonfly revealed by molecular evidence

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiosawa 1–1, Hachioji, Tokyo 192–0397, Japan
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Sexual dimorphism Protohermes niger phylogenetic analysis genetic distance

Abstract

In most species of Megaloptera, adult males and females have similar coloration. In this paper, we associate the adult female of a Chinese endemic dobsonfly species, Protohermes niger Yang & Yang, using molecular evidence from two mitochondrial genes (16S rRNA and COI). The body and wing coloration between the male and the female of P. niger exhibits distinct sexual dimorphism.