About this tool
Molecular data
DNA identification augments morphologically-based identification especially for immature life stages, males, damaged females, and adults of species with cryptic diagnostic characters. Thus, an additional objective to the development of this tool was to generate molecular data in order to create a foundation for DNA identification of Southeast Asian ambrosia beetles. A database of sequences for 165 of 316 species was created for the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and nuclear CAD genes. All sequences have been deposited in GenBank, and nexus files of all Southeast Asian taxa are available for download below. GenBank numbers for species sequenced as part of this project are also listed on the species fact sheets.
