Molecular Phylogenetics and Taxonomic Issues in Dragonfly Systematics (Insecta: Odonata)

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Doctoral Thesis in Systematic Zoology at Stockholm University, Sweden, 2006. Svéd nyelvű összefoglalóval. With 5 papers in the appendix: I. Hovmöller, R.; Källersjö, M. and Pape, T., 2004. The Palaeoptera Problem: Basal Pterygote Phylogeny Inferred from 18S and 28S rDNA Sequences. Cladistics 18, 313-323. II. Hovmöller, R. and Johansson, F., 2004. A Phylogenetic Perspective on Larval Spine Evolution in Leucorrhinia (Odonata: Libellulidae) Based on ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2 rDNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30, 653-662. III. Hovmöller, R. Monophyly of Ischnurinae (Odonata: Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae) Establised from COII and 16S Sequences. Manuscript. IV. Hovmöller, R. A Catalog of Species Group Names in the Genus Coenagrion Kirby, 1890 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Manuscript V. Hovmöller, R. A Proposal to Conserve the Name Calopteryx Leach, 1815 over Agrion Fabricius, 1775. Manuscript.