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Title	Phylogenetic position of the genus Wagnerinus Korotyaev (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) associated with galls induced by Asphondylia baca Monzen (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae).

Book/Journal	Galling Arthropods and Their Associates: Ecology and Evolution

Author	Toshihide Kato Hiraku Yoshitake Motomi Ito

Edition		Volume		Number		Page	297-305

Publisher	Springer-Verlag, Tokyo
Publisher	Springer-Verlag, Tokyo

Year	2006	Month

ISBN	9784431321842	ISSN

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Remarks	The phylogenetic position of the genus Wagnerinus (Curculionidae, Ceutorhynchinae), which includes a species that feeds obligatorily on galls induced by Asphondylia baca (Cecidomyiidae) on the axillary buds of Weigela species (Caprifoliaceae), was investigated based on molecular phylogenetic analysis using three regions of mitochondrial DNA. Although Wagnerinus has been placed in either Ceutorhynchini or Scleropterini, the phylogenetic relationships inferred from the molecular data suggested that neither Ceutorhynchini nor Scleropterini are monophyletic, and Wagnerinus is sapareted from the other genera placed in the two tribes.

Remarks

The phylogenetic position of the genus Wagnerinus (Curculionidae, Ceutorhynchinae), which includes a species that feeds obligatorily on galls induced by Asphondylia baca (Cecidomyiidae) on the axillary buds of Weigela species (Caprifoliaceae), was investigated based on molecular phylogenetic analysis using three regions of mitochondrial DNA. Although Wagnerinus has been placed in either Ceutorhynchini or Scleropterini, the phylogenetic relationships inferred from the molecular data suggested that neither Ceutorhynchini nor Scleropterini are monophyletic, and Wagnerinus is sapareted from the other genera placed in the two tribes.