Comparison of isoenzyme electrophoresis and morphometric analysis for phylogenetic reconstruction of the Rhodniini (Hemiptera : Reduviidae : Triatominae)

A phylogenetic reconstruction of the medically important tribe Rhodniini (H emiptera: Reduviidae) based on multilocus isoenzyme electrophoresis is comp ared with phylogenetic patterns derived from a traditional morphometric ana lysis. Even with non-normality in the morphometric data, and some inequalit ies in population variances, discriminant analysis of size-free variables p rovided broadly similar phylogenetic information to that derived from isoen zyme analysis, revealing 3 main species groups within the genus Rhodnius.