title: Molecular phylogeny of twelve Asian species of epilachnine ladybird beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) with notes on the direction of host shifts.
abstract: We determined the nucleotide sequences of a part of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene (1,000 bp) for twelve species of Asian phytophagous ladybird beetles belonging to the genus Epilachna, and constructed molecular phylogenetic trees for ten "Henosepilachna" species, using two "Epilachna" species as outgroups. Based on the suggested phylogenetic trees, we discussed taxonomic issues and the direction of host shift in these epilachnines.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aotsuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katakura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV