A Study in Splitting the Ant Complex Monomorium antarcticum (Fr. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

This work provides new information about the native Southern Ant complex Monomorium antarcticum. In the first experimental chapter (chapter two) the diversity of species within the complex, the utility of DNA barcode molecular data in such taxonomic work and how DNA barcode data combines with tradit...

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Main Author: Dann, Michael J
Format: Thesis
Language:unknown
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Species Complexes
DNA Barcoding
COI
School: School of Biological Sciences
069999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Marsden: 270501 Animal Systematics
Taxonomy and Phylogeny
Marsden: 270505 Entomology
Degree Discipline: Ecology and Biodiversity
Degree Level: Masters
Degree Name: Master of Science
Marsden
Antarc*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.16945513
https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_Study_in_Splitting_the_Ant_Complex_Monomorium_antarcticum_Fr_Smith_Hymenoptera_Formicidae_/16945513
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Summary:This work provides new information about the native Southern Ant complex Monomorium antarcticum. In the first experimental chapter (chapter two) the diversity of species within the complex, the utility of DNA barcode molecular data in such taxonomic work and how DNA barcode data combines with traditional morphological and morphometric data is investigated. The second experimental chapter (chapter three) explores the genetic structuring of the complex and how that relates to the complexs recent biogeographic history and the dispersal potential, both natural and human mediated. The two experimental chapters (chapters two and three) in this thesis have overlap of portions of the methods and results as they have been written as a pair of papers so as they can be read independently from each other.

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