Microsatellite markers for the praying mantid Ciulfina rentzi (Liturgusidae)

Catherine R M Attard; Greg I Holwell; Tonia S Schwartz; Kate D L Umbers; Adam Stow; Marie E Herberstein; Luciano B Beheregaray

doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02718.x

Microsatellite markers for the praying mantid Ciulfina rentzi (Liturgusidae)

Mol Ecol Resour. 2009 Nov;9(6):1480-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02718.x. Epub 2009 May 18.

Authors

Catherine R M Attard¹, Greg I Holwell, Tonia S Schwartz, Kate D L Umbers, Adam Stow, Marie E Herberstein, Luciano B Beheregaray

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Interdepartmental Genetics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50014, USA School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

PMID: 21564938
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02718.x

Abstract

Nine polymorphic microsatellite loci were characterized from an enrichment library of the Australian praying mantid Ciulfina rentzi, a group with a unique reproductive morphology and behaviour. The number of alleles per locus ranged from three to 16 and heterozygosity from 0.24 to 0.94. These markers are the first microsatellites developed for any praying mantid. They will be useful for paternity analysis and for population genetic studies in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Region of Australia.