Phylogeny and population genetic analyses reveals cryptic speciation in the Bombus fervidus species complex (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

• Jonathan B. Koch ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kochj@hawaii.edu

  Current address: Department of Biology & Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science Graduate Program, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Biology & Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Services, Pollinating Insects-Biology, Management, and Systematics Research Laboratory, Logan, Utah, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6654-7370

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• Juanita Rodriguez,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian National Insect Collection, National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO National Facilities and Collections, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9922-1978

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• James P. Pitts,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology & Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

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• James P. Strange

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Services, Pollinating Insects-Biology, Management, and Systematics Research Laboratory, Logan, Utah, United States of America

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