Hua-Ling Wang, Teng Lei, Xiao-Wei Wang, Stephen Cameron, Jesús Navas-Castillo, Yin-Quan Liu, M N Maruthi, Christopher A Omongo, Hélène Delatte, Kyeong-Yeoll Lee, Renate Krause-Sakate, James Ng, Susan Seal, Elvira Fiallo-Olivé, Kathryn Bushley, John Colvin, Shu-Sheng Liu
Identifying cryptic species poses a substantial challenge to both biologists and naturalists due to morphological similarities. Bemisia tabaci is a cryptic species complex containing more than 44 putative species; several of which are currently among the world's most destructive crop pests. Interpreting and delimiting the evolution of this species complex has proved problematic. To develop a comprehensive framework for species delimitation and identification, we evaluated the performance of distinct data sources both individually and in combination among numerous samples of the B...
April 1, 2024: Insect Science