title: Discovery of the female of Protohermes niger Yang & Yang (Megaloptera: Corydalidae): Sexual dimorphism in coloration of a dobsonfly revealed by molecular evidence.
abstract: In most species of Megaloptera, adult males and females have similar coloration. In this paper, we associate the adult female of a Chinese endemic dobsonfly species, Protohermes niger Yang & Yang, using molecular evidence from two mitochondrial genes (16S rRNA and COI). The body and wing coloration between the male and the female of P. niger exhibits distinct sexual dimorphism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Wencheng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiosawa 1-1, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Xingyue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Email: xingyue_liu@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins