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1998
M.D. Matocq
Journal
Dark Canyon
San Jacinto Mtns. elev. 5,000 ft Riverside Co.
26 May
This is the first of many sites that I will visit, with assistance of Chris Feldman, where I will collect specimens and DNA samples to do a phylogeographic study of B. fuscipes. There have been several revisions of the subspecific designations within the species, but the most recent was an extensive study by Emmel & Hooper. His morphological study designated 11 subspecies and 3 major morphological groups that those 11 fall into.
My intent is to sample from about 40 localities throughout the range and both test some of the morphological divisions within the species and to describe the phylogeographic history of fuscipes. Their range is concordant with many Californian species such