Progress in the molecular Phylogeny of Cotesia acuminata and C. melitaearum cryptic species complexes
Julian Schach, Federica Valerio, Anne Duplouy
This study reconstructs the phylogeny of Cotesia wasps parasitizing Melitaeini butterflies, revealing polyphyletic origins and clarifying cryptic species relationships using multi-locus data.
PLoS ONE · May 27, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology