Species identification of aphids (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae) through DNA barcodes

R G Foottit1, H E L Maw, C D VON Dohlen

  • 1National Environmental Health Program, Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K. W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6, Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1.

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