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Published on: July 2, 2011
Mission possible: an optimised protocol for the unbarcodable Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera)
Cristina Vasilita1, Marina Moser1,2, Lars Krogmann1,2
1State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Germany State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart Germany.
Abstract:
DNA barcodes provide a reliable and efficient solution to resolving cryptic species complexes and accelerate species discoveries. The superfamily Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera) is a group of parasitoid wasps for which a barcoding approach could be of great help, if it were not for the very poor results. The inability to obtain barcodes for the majority of treated ceraphronoids halts progress on the taxonomy of this hyperdiverse parasitoid group. We here present a working protocol for the barcoding of ceraphronoid wasps which yields a first-time over 90% success rate.
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