Discrimination of Paederus fuscipes and Paederus littoralis by mtDNA-COI PCR-RFLP

• Main Authors: Sahar Bazrafkan (Author), Hassan Vatandoost (Author), Abbas Heydari (Author), Hassan Bakhshi (Author), Somayeh Panahi-Moghadam (Author), Saedeh Hashemi-Aghdam (Author), Fatemeh Mohtarami (Author), Abbas Rahimi-foroushan (Author), Sinan Anlaş (Author), Mansoreh Shayeghi (Author), Mohammad Ali Oshaghi (Author), Seyed Mohammad Abtahi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Linear dermatitis is endemic in Iran where most cases occur in the Caspian Sea coast and Fars prov­ince. The disease is caused by beetles of the genus Paederus which are active from early spring to beginning of au­tumn although its incidence rises from May to August. The classic taxonomy...