Mark Terry, mterry@byu.net1, David Morris, david.morris@anu.edu.au2, Laurence Mound, laurence.mound@csiro.au3, and Michael Whiting, michael_whiting@byu.edu1. (1) Brigham Young University, Department of Integrative Biology, 401 WIDB, Provo, UT, (2) Australian National University, School of Botany and Zoology, Building 116, Daley Rd, Canberra, ACT, Australia, (3) CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, A.C.T, Australia
The order Thysanoptera (thrips) is a poorly known yet important and fascinating group of insects. It is unclear whether the suborders are monophyletic, and there has yet to be a formal phylogenetic analysis published on this group. The overall goal of this study is to provide the first estimate of phylogenetic relationships within Thysanoptera using DNA sequence data and to document potential gene rearrangements within the mitochondrial genome. Specifically, we will 1) reconstruct a molecular phylogeny for thrips based on five genes (18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, Histone 3, COI, and COII); 2) test for the monophyly of Tubulifera and Terebrantia; and 3) investigate potential gene rearrangements in the mitochondrial genome at the COI-COII position.
Species 1: Thysanoptera
Keywords: Mitochondria, Phylogeny
