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Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Predatory Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Bugs of India


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1 Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India
2 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary road, Hebbal, Bangalore – 560024, Karnataka, India
 

In the present study, a total of eight species of aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera collected from India were identified based on morphology and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase gene I (COI). Details of morphology based identification and the utility of COI gene to identify the aquatic Hemiptera is discussed in this paper.

Keywords

Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Bugs, Cytochrome Oxidase I, Hemiptera, Taxonomy.
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Authors

Srimoyee Basu
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India
K. Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India
T. Venkatesan
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary road, Hebbal, Bangalore – 560024, Karnataka, India

Abstract


In the present study, a total of eight species of aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera collected from India were identified based on morphology and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase gene I (COI). Details of morphology based identification and the utility of COI gene to identify the aquatic Hemiptera is discussed in this paper.

Keywords


Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Bugs, Cytochrome Oxidase I, Hemiptera, Taxonomy.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/bc%2F2018%2F16342