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Wing shape changes: a morphological view of the Diabrotica virgifera virgifera European invasion

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An analysis of the hind wing morphology (size and shape) within and among western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, populations over a large geographic scale in Europe was conducted. The changes in hind wing shape and size detected were related to identifiable invasion processes (i.e. multiple introduction events into Europe), first characterised using genetic markers. Overall implications from this work suggest that geometric morphometric techniques can be used to detect population changes related to invasions and could therefore serve as a cheaper and more accessible alternative ‘biomarker’ to more expensive and specialised-use genetic markers, such as microsatellites or SNPs, when investigating biological invasions.

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We thank Ivan Sivčev, Mauro Agosti, Gianluca Governatori, Marco Boriani, Geza Ripka and Andreas Kahrer for D. v. virgifera collected throughout Europe.

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  1. Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia

    Katarina M. Mikac

  2. Department for Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Darija Lemic & Renata Bažok

  3. Departamento de Recursos Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile

    Hugo A. Benítez

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Mikac, K.M., Lemic, D., Bažok, R. et al. Wing shape changes: a morphological view of the Diabrotica virgifera virgifera European invasion. Biol Invasions 18, 3401–3407 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1252-9

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