Institut für Biologie der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

 

Date of this Version

2016

Document Type

Article

Citation

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei (2016) band 13: 165-178. Results of the Mongolian-German Biological Expeditions since 1962, No. 332.

Comments

Copyright 2016, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale). Used by permission.

Abstract

In the present study, we investigated morphological variation of Mesobuthus eupeus mongolicus (Birula, 1911) in Mongolia. Samples were collected in 16 sites located in the provinces Bayankhongor, Khovd, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Govisümber and Ömnögovi. Statistical analyses (Kruska-Wallis one-way ANOVA, PCA and hierarchical cluster analysis) showed that (a) morphologically the M. e. mongolicus males sampled in Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Govisümber and Ömnögovi were similar to each other, while the populations of Bayankhongor and Khovd were differentiated, and (b) the females from Bayankhongor, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Govisümber and Ömnögovi had a similar morphology, while the population from Khovd was differentiated.

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