Complex within a Complex: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals Hidden Diversity in Cicadetta brevipennis (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and Unexpected Relationships with a Song Divergent Relative.

Multiple sources of data in combination are essential for species delimitation and classification of difficult taxonomic groups. Here we investigate a cicada taxon with unusual cryptic diversity and we attempt to resolve seemingly contradictory data sets. Cicada songs act as species-specific premati...

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Main Authors: Thomas Hertach, Stéphane Puissant, Matija Gogala, Tomi Trilar, Reto Hagmann, Hannes Baur, Gernot Kunz, Elizabeth J Wade, Simon P Loader, Chris Simon, Peter Nagel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5112989?pdf=render