Cryptic species, biogeographic complexity and the evolutionary history of the Ectemnorhinus group in the sub-Antarctic, including a description of Bothrometopus huntleyi, n. sp.

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Grobler, Gert Cornelius, Bastos, Armanda D.S., Treasure, A.M., Chown, Steven Loudon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2011
• Subjects: Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Dispersal; Evolution; Phylogeny; Southern Ocean islands; Speciation; Prince Edward Islands; Beetles; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Indian; Waterhouse; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17050; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102011000101

The biogeography of the South Indian Ocean Province (SIP) biotas has long been controversial. Much of the discussion has been based on interpretation of species distributions, based on morphological or anatomical delimitations. However, molecular phylogenetic approaches elsewhere have recently shown...