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Zoomorphology

Fig. 3 a Phylogeographic VULGE309
reconstruction of Phaleria spp.
from central Mediterranean area MAL RY 283
based on a 660-bp-long SIC CA 8
fragment of the mitochondrial SIC TM 5
gene COII. The tree topologies
SIC FB 1
based on BA and ML analyses Phaleria acuminata
SIC FB 5
are congruent at the higher (PA)
nodes. Support at nodes is SIC TG 2
represented as ‘‘BA posterior SIC SV 303
probability/ML bootstrap.’’ The SIC RO 304
node support for ML tree is 100 \ 100
VUL GE 1
based on 1,000 bootstrap
replicates. ML analysis is based LIN CP 285
on the GTR ? I evolutionary SIC MA 305
model. See Tables 1 and 3 for
MALSB188
the locality codes and GenBank
accession numbers. b An MAL SMB 308
iconographic representation of 100 \ 100 MAL GH 6
the genetic diversity outlined in MAL GH 11 Phaleria bimaculata
Phaleria spp. The direction of
FAV PO 2 "Southern clade"
the two branches into which the (PB1)
MAW bifurcates and of the AIS LAM CF 284
through the Sicily Strait are LAM SC 256
evidenced, according to FAV PO 1
Malanotte-Rizzoli et al. 1997;
Millot 1999; Pinardi et al. 2005 VUL VP 2
82 / 70 CALST281
SIC TF 282
Phaleria bimaculata
SIC OL 1
SIC OL 253 "Tyrrhenian clade"
(PB2)
SIC CB 307
SIC FA 1
SIC_SM_306
Nesotes helleri (a)

(b)

P. bimaculata, P. acuminata elytra are more elongated and bimaculata for both elytra and pronotum (Fig. 5a, b); fur-
elliptical, and the pronotum of the latter is narrower, with a thermore, based on pronotum-only data, a significant
less curved margin. morphometric difference was detected among the popula-
DFA was carried out separately for elytra and pronotum tions belonging to the two molecular clades singled out for
data, imposing the grouping of the specimens according to P. bimaculata (see Fig. 5c); conversely, no significant
their species and sub-clade genetic affiliation. DFA differences were observed when these populations were
allowed to clearly distinguish P. acuminata from P. compared solely on the elytra data. The two Phaleria

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