Open AccessCladistic Analysis of Species Infesting (Amblycera: Menoponidae) Fowls of District Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Farheen Shaikh,
Sadia Naz,
Nadir Ali Birmani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
flora and fauna/flora and fauna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2456-9364
pISSN - 0971-6920
DOI - 10.33451/florafauna.v25i2pp235-248
Subject(s) - cladogram , cladistics , biology , key (lock) , zoology , phylogenetic tree , ecology , genetics , gene
The present research work covers the phylogentic relationship of five species belonging to a family Menoponidae (Amblycera: Phithraptera), recovered from variety of fowls as host from district Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistan. These were analyzed cladistically by cladogram, using of their apomorphic characters. The Key to the five species of family Menoponidaehas also been developed for the three genera. This is the first attempt to cladistics analysis of the family Menoponidae from district Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.