Supported by National Science Foundation of USA (Grant No. DEB-0103795)the Natural Foundation of Sciences of Yunnan Province (Grant No. 2003C0065M)the Director Fund of Kunming Institute of Zoology (Grant No. 040211(5270237))Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KSCX2-1-09)
We sequenced partial mitochondrial 16S ribosomal DNA (16S rDNA) of 18 firefly species from Southwest of China. Combined with homologous sequences previously reported, phylogenetic trees including Japanese, Korean an...