AuthorKlopfstein, S., Kropf, C. & Baur, H.
Year2016
TitleWolbachia endosymbionts distort DNA barcoding in the parasitoid wasp genus Diplazon (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
TypePaper
SourceZoological Journal of the Linnaean Society.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Wolbachia endosymbionts transmit mitochondria between host species, so that DNA barcoding fails to distinguish them.

Barcoding relies on the single mitochondrial gene, cytochrome oxidase 1 (COI). ITS2 gave results inline with what would be expected from morphology and suggests that the species concerned are not even particularly closely related.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
CurrentWolbachiaa genus of insect endosymbionts and parasites
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