Historical patterns of gene flow and vicariance influence the genetic and phylogeographic structure of populations (Avise, 2000) and are two of the most important mechanisms invoked to explain the ...
A significant disjunct distribution pattern between the Palaeoarctic and the Neoarctic was detected, suggesting frequent historical biota exchanges via both the NALB and the BLB. Most species from ...
The family Elmidae (riffle beetles) is well studied and the existence of 17 genera with 57 species have been reported in Japan so far. The genus Podonychus Jäch & Kodada, 1997 (Elminae, Macronychini) ...