This study covers four gene regions (28S-D2 and D3 rDNA, and mitochondrial COI and COII) to discover the relationships of tribes of Aphelininae and suggest a possible hypothesis of the relationship based on the molecules. Objectives of this study are : assessing the monophyly of Aphelininae; disputing the monophyly of Aphytini (which was not supported in a previous morphological study); redefining the monophyly of Aphytis (which has not been questioned, but never proved to be monophyletic), and the phylogenetic relationships of the tribes in Aphelininae.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Aphelininae Aphytis
Keywords: Classification
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