Molecular phylogeny of bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) based on 18 molecular markers

The phylogeny of the large weevil subfamily Scolytinae has been difficult to resolve based on a limited number of genetic markers. With more than 6000 nominal species in the subfamily, the general lack of resolution at deeper nodes indicates that large sequence volumes are needed to solve this problem. We have therefore assembled a large molecular dataset consisting of more than 10 kb of nucleotides from 18 gene fragments, for 182 species....