HI Martin,

I asked your question about small hive beetle origins to Dr Jay Evans at
Beltsville.

He sent me the most recent mitochondrial key to relationships, which I am
sending to you separately.

Here is his reply (the last sentence answers your question):

"The comments on SHB origins below are basically correct, though I wouldn't
go so far as to ID a town in southern Africa as a source(s) based on
mitochondrial DNA. Thanks to Peter Neumann and his student Sebastian Spiewok
we have much more extensive sampling now from Australia (Peter can decipher
the initials in the attached graph). While most are identical for the part
of the mitochondrion we looked at, there is some variation. We're now using
more refined markers to see if there is a way of tracing movement better,
but the similarities between Australian haplotypes and the 'Alberta'
interceptions, and between one of two US haplotypes and the Quebec samples
are solid."

Randy Oliver

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