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Laifi-Necibi N, Amor N, Merella P, Mohammed OB, Medini L. DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the sea slater Ligia italica (Crustacea, Isopoda) from Tunisia. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2024:1-11. [PMID: 38899428 DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2024.2363350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Barcoding studies have provided significant insights into phylogenetic relationships among species belonging to the genus Ligia (Crustacea, Isopoda). Herein the diversity of the Italian sea slater Ligia italica from Tunisia is studied for the first time. Samples were collected from 18 localities in Tunisia, and the analysis included previously published sequences from Italy and Greece available in GenBank. Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood phylogenetic analyses were carried out using a fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene. Putative cryptic species were explored using the 'barcode gap' approach in the software ASAP. A genetic landscape shape analysis was carried out using the program Alleles in Space. The analyses revealed highly divergent and well-supported clades of L. italica dispersed across Tunisia (Clades A1 and A2), Greece (Clade B) and Italy (Clades C1 and C2). High genetic dissimilarity among clades suggested that L. italica constitute a cryptic species complex. Divergence among different L. italica lineages (Clades A, B and C) occurred around 7-4.5 Ma. The detected high genetic distances among clades did not result from atypical mitochondrial DNAs or intracellular infection by Wolbachia bacteria. The complex history of the Mediterranean Sea appears to have played a significant role in shaping the phylogeographic pattern of Ligia italica. Additional morphological and molecular studies are needed to confirm the existence of cryptic species in Ligia italica in Mediterranean.
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- Nermine Laifi-Necibi
- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Laboratoire Diversité, Gestion et Conservation des Systèmes Biologiques, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Higher Institute of Applied Biological Sciences of Tunis, University Tunis EL Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Parassitologia e Malattie Parassitarie, Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Laboratoire Diversité, Gestion et Conservation des Systèmes Biologiques, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Dimitriou AC, Soares Campos-Filho I, Georgiou A, Taiti S, Sfenthourakis S. Intra-island patterns of cryptic diversity within an oceanic island: Insights from the differentiation of Schizidium Verhoeff, 1901 (Oniscidea, Armadillidiidae) within Cyprus, with descriptions of two new species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2023; 187:107884. [PMID: 37467903 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Cyprus is a Mediterranean island of volcanic origin isolated for at least 5.3 Myr from surrounding continental areas. The present study focuses on the diversification of the isopod genus Schizidium within the island, including also specimens from surrounding continental areas. The genus Schizidium sensu lato is probably non monophyletic, comprising 26 species distributed from Greece to Iran. Up to date the only representative of the genus reported from Cyprus was Schizidium fissum. Aiming to investigate the patterns of genetic diversity within the focal island, to evaluate the morphology-based taxonomy of the species in the genus, and at the same time to explore phylogenetic relationships with mainland populations, we applied genome-wide ddRADseq as well as Sanger sequencing targeting three mitochondrial (16S, COI and 12S) and the nuclear NaK loci. Results of phylogenetic analyses support the existence of two distinct epigean Schizidium clades with well-defined geographic boundaries that conform to the known paleogeography of Cyprus, plus one endogean clade with restricted distribution within the island. Genetic data and morphology corroborate the assignment of this latter endogean clade to a new species, Schizidium myrrae n. sp. The two epigean clades are also considered as distinct species, one corresponding to the known S. fissum at the eastern part of the island (Pentadaktylos massif) and the other to the newly described S. christosi n. sp. distributed along the western part of the island (Troodos massif). Even though detailed examination of many specimens could not retrieve any morphological differences among representatives of these two clades, clado-chronological analysis indicates a long isolation between them, estimated at ∼ 9 Mya, as well as the sharing of a common ancestor with S. tiberianum from Israel at ∼ 15 Mya. Hence, we can consider these epigean Schizidium species as one more case of cryptic diversity on Cyprus, exhibiting similar patterns with the recently described case in the genus Armadillo.
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- Andreas C Dimitriou
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Panepistimiou Ave. 1, 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Panepistimiou Ave. 1, 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy; Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia "La Specola", Via Romana 17, 50125 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Panepistimiou Ave. 1, 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Harigai W, Saito A, Zemmoto C, Karasawa S, Yokoi T, Nagano AJ, Suzuki H, Yamamoto M. History of the terrestrial isopod genus Ligidium in Japan based on phylogeographic analysis. BMC Ecol Evol 2023; 23:38. [PMID: 37550609 PMCID: PMC10405464 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02144-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Phylogeographical approaches explain the genetic diversity of local organisms in the context of their geological and geographic environments. Thus, genetic diversity can be a proxy for geological history. Here we propose a genus of woodland isopod, Ligidium, as a marker of geological history in relation to orogeny and the Quaternary glacial cycle. RESULTS Mitochondrial analysis of 721 individuals from 97 sites across Japan revealed phylogenetic divergence between the northeastern and southwestern Japan arcs. It also showed repeated population expansions in northeastern Japan in response to Quaternary glacial and interglacial cycles. Genome-wide analysis of 83 selected individuals revealed multiple genetic nuclear clusters. The genomic groupings were consistent with the local geographic distribution, indicating that the Ligidium phylogeny reflects its regional history. CONCLUSION Ligidium DNA sequence analysis can provide insight into the geological, geographical, and paleoenvironmental history of the studied region.
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- Wakana Harigai
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan.
- Present address: Department of Child Development and Molecular Brain Science, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama-Cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama-Cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2194, Japan
- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0017, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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Dimitriou AC, Antoniou A, Alexiou I, Poulakakis N, Parmakelis A, Sfenthourakis S. Diversification within an oceanic Mediterranean island: Insights from a terrestrial isopod. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2022; 175:107585. [PMID: 35810970 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Understanding intra-island patterns of evolutionary divergence, including cases of cryptic diversity, is a crucial step towards deciphering speciation processes. Cyprus is an oceanic island isolated for at least 5.3 Mya from surrounding continental regions, while it remains unclear whether it was ever connected to the mainland, even during the Messinian Salinity Crisis. The terrestrial isopod species Armadillo officinalis, that is widespread across the Mediterranean, offers the opportunity to explore intra-island divergence patterns that might exhibit geographical structure related also to the region's known paleogeography. Genome-wide ddRADseq, as well as Sanger sequencing for four mitochondrial and three nuclear loci data were generated for this purpose. In total, 71 populations from Cyprus, neighbouring continental sites, i.e., Israel, Lebanon and Turkey, and other Mediterranean regions, i.e. Greece, Italy, and Tunisia, were included in the analysis. Phylogenetic reconstructions and population structure analyses support the existence of at least six genetically discrete groups across the study area. Five of these distinct genetic clades occur on Cyprus, four of which are endemic to the island and one is widely distributed along the circum-Mediterranean countries. The sixth clade is distributed in Israel. The closest evolutionary relationship of endemic Cypriot populations is with those from Israel, while the evolutionary clade that is present in countries all around the Mediterranean is very shallow. Cladochronological analyses date the origin of the species on the island at ∼6 Mya. Estimated f4 and D statistics as well as FST values indicate the genetic isolation between the populations sampled from Cyprus and surrounding continental areas, while there is evident gene flow among populations within the island. Species delimitation and population genetic metrics support the existence of three distinct taxonomic units across the study area, two of which occur on the island and correspond to the endemic clade and the widespread circum-Mediterranean one, respectively, while the third corresponds to Israel's clade. The islands' paleogeographic history and recent human activities seem to have shaped current patterns of genetic diversity in this group of species.
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- Andreas C Dimitriou
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, University Campus, 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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- Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Gournes Pediados, Irakleio, P.O. Box 2214, 71003 Crete, Greece
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- Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Natural History Museum of Crete, School of Sciences and Engineering, University of Crete, Knosos Avenue, Irakleio 71409, Greece; Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Engineering, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, Irakleio 70013, Greece
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- Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, University Campus, 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Wang J, Yang J, Zeng X, Li W. Integrative taxonomy on the rare sky-island Ligidium species from southwest China (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Ligiidae). BMC ZOOL 2022; 7:26. [PMID: 37170338 PMCID: PMC10127345 DOI: 10.1186/s40850-022-00120-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
The sky-island Ligidium species fauna in southwest China is poorly known. Before this study, six of the seven sky-island species of the genus were known to be endemic to southwest China. In morphology, Ligidium species are often difficult to identify, and an appraisal of integrative taxonomy is needed.
Results
We integrated morphology and molecular analyses to delimit Ligidium species. Molecular species delimitation based on distance- and evolutionary models recovered seven-candidate lineages from five gene markers (COI, 12S rRNA, 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA and NAK). We also estimated that the species divergences of sky-island Ligidium in southwest China started in late Eocene (40.97 Mya) to middle Miocene (15.19 Mya).
Four new species (L. duospinatum Li, sp. nov., L. acuminatum Li, sp. nov., L. rotundum Li, sp. nov. and L. tridentatum Li, sp. nov.) are described. Morphological confusion among L. denticulatum Shen, 1949, L. inerme Nunomura & Xie, 2000 and L. sichuanense Nunomura, 2002 is clarified by integrative taxonomy.
Conclusion
This work confirms that an integrative approach to Ligidium taxonomy is fundamental for objective classification, and deduced the uplift of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in the late Eocene and middle Miocene as one of the principal reasons for the species divergences of sky-island Ligidium in southwest China. We also inferred that sky-island mountains have a huge reserve of higher Ligidium species diversity.
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Bedek J, Taiti S, Bilandžija H, Ristori E, Baratti M. Molecular and taxonomic analyses in troglobiotic Alpioniscus (Illyrionethes) species from the Dinaric Karst (Isopoda: Trichoniscidae). Zool J Linn Soc 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Species richness of terrestrial isopods is high in caves of the Dinaric Karst, which hosts ~10% of the world’s nominal oniscidean troglobionts. The most widespread taxon is the southern European genus Alpioniscus, which consists of two subgenera: Alpioniscus s.s. and Illyrionethes. Before this study, 14 nominal troglobiotic Illyrionethes taxa were recorded from the Dinaric Karst. Our molecular analyses using two mitochnodrial DNA (16S rRNA and COI) fragments and a nuclear gene (H3) fragment on all known Dinaric taxa identified three distinct lineages: strasseri-, heroldi- and magnus-lineage. Our results confirmed the validity of most nominal species. The exceptions are Alpioniscus balthasari, which consists of two different species including Alpioniscus iapodicus, and Alpioniscus heroldi, which is paraphyletic with respect to Alpioniscus bosniensis. The strasseri-lineage was highly supported by all phylogenetic methods used; therefore, we performed a detailed morphological analysis to distinguish and characterize the species of this group. New morphological characters, such as body part ratios, are proposed for future species identification. In addition, we redescribe three known species (Alpioniscus strasseri, Alpioniscus christiani and Alpioniscus balthasari) and describe two new ones (Alpioniscus hirci sp. nov. and Alpioniscus velebiticus sp. nov.). As a result, 15 nominal species of Illyrionethes are currently known from the Dinaric Karst.
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- Jana Bedek
- Croatian Biospeleological Society, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, CNR, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
- Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia ‘La Specola’, Florence, Italy
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- Croatian Biospeleological Society, Zagreb, Croatia
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources IBBR, CNR, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources IBBR, CNR, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
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Zimmermann BL, Palaoro AV, Bouchon D, Almerão MP, Araujo PB. How coexistence may influence life history: the reproductive strategies of sympatric congeneric terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Oniscidea). CAN J ZOOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2018-0086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Patterns of allocation between reproduction, survival, and maintenance are what we call life history. By investigating the life-history strategy of sympatric species, we may understand how they are able to coexist, as different strategies are expected to evolve in species that occupy similar niche space. Terrestrial isopods are a group in which multiple species frequently inhabit the same area. Notably, they are usually infected by Wolbachia Hertig, 1936, a notorious manipulator of the hosts’ reproductive processes. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the investment in reproduction in three sympatric and closely related species of terrestrial isopods: Atlantoscia floridana (Van Name, 1940), Atlantoscia inflata Campos-Filho and Araujo, 2015, and Atlantoscia petronioi Campos-Filho, Contreira and Lopes-Leitzke, 2012, only the latter being infected with Wolbachia. We showed that the presence of the bacteria seems not to affect the fitness of A. petronioi, because there was no clear difference in the reproductive output of infected and noninfected individuals. On the other hand, we observed that the three species possess alternative life-history strategies; that is, they differ in how much they invest in maintenance (body size) and reproductive effort. Such differences probably facilitate the species coexistence, reducing the competition among them.
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- Bianca Laís Zimmermann
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Avenida Roraima 1000, Bairro Camobi, 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Bairro Agronomia, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- LAGE do Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 321 - Trav. 14, Cid. Universitária, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil
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- CNRS UMR 7267, Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions, équipe Ecologie Evolution Symbiose, Université de Poitiers, Batiment B8-B35, 5 rue Albert Turpain, TSA 51106, F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Bairro Agronomia, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Psonis N, Antoniou A, Karameta E, Leaché AD, Kotsakiozi P, Darriba D, Kozlov A, Stamatakis A, Poursanidis D, Kukushkin O, Jablonski D, Crnobrnja–Isailović J, Gherghel I, Lymberakis P, Poulakakis N. Resolving complex phylogeographic patterns in the Balkan Peninsula using closely related wall-lizard species as a model system. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 125:100-115. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Allegrucci G, Ketmaier V, Di Russo C, Rampini M, Sbordoni V, Cobolli M. Molecular phylogeography ofTroglophiluscave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): A combination of vicariance and dispersal drove diversification in the East Mediterranean region. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”; University of Rome Sapienza; Roma Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”; University of Rome Sapienza; Roma Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”; University of Rome Sapienza; Roma Italy
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- Department of Biology; University of Rome Tor Vergata; Roma Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”; University of Rome Sapienza; Roma Italy
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Li WC. Morphology and molecules reveal high species diversity of Ligidium (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Ligiidae) in Jiangxi, China. Zool J Linn Soc 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Karasawa S. Eleven nominal species of Burmoniscus are junior synonyms of B. kathmandius (Schmalfuss, 1983) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea). Zookeys 2016:1-24. [PMID: 27551227 PMCID: PMC4978023 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.607.8253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Holotypes, paratypes, and specimens newly collected from the type localities (i.e., topotypes) of Burmoniscusaokii (Nunomura, 1986), Burmoniscusboninensis (Nunomura, 1986), Burmoniscusdaitoensis (Nunomura, 1986), Burmoniscushachijoensis Nunomura, 2007, Burmoniscusjaponicus (Nunomura, 1986), Burmoniscuskagoshimaensis Nunomura, 2003, Burmoniscusmurotoensis (Nunomura, 1986), Burmoniscusokinawaensis (Nunomura, 1986), Burmoniscusshibatai (Nunomura, 1986), Burmoniscustanabensis Nunomura, 2003, and Burmoniscuswatanabei (Nunomura, 1986) were examined in order to clarify their taxonomic status. Observation of 13 morphological characters that were purposed to show species-level diagnostic variations in the original descriptions suggests that all eleven nominal species are identical, and molecular analysis based on three gene fragments supports this suggestion. Additionally, the morphology of the carpus of pereopod 1 and of the endo- and exopodites of pleopod 1 of these species are consistent with those of Burmoniscuskathmandius (Schmalfuss, 1983). The eleven above-mentioned species of Burmoniscus described from Japan are therefore relegated to junior synonyms of Burmoniscuskathmandius, originally reported from Nepal.
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- Shigenori Karasawa
- Faculty of Education, Fukuoka University of Education, 1-1 Akamabunkyo-machi, Munakata, Fukuoka, 811-4192 Japan; Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-machi Minami, Tottori, 680-8551 Japan (Present)
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Unraveling the evolutionary history of the Chilostoma Fitzinger, 1833 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata) lineages in Greece. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2015; 91:210-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sfenthourakis S, Taiti S. Patterns of taxonomic diversity among terrestrial isopods. Zookeys 2015:13-25. [PMID: 26261437 PMCID: PMC4525032 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.515.9332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The publication of the world catalog of terrestrial isopods some ten years ago by Schmalfuss has facilitated research on isopod diversity patterns at a global scale. Furthermore, even though we still lack a comprehensive and robust phylogeny of Oniscidea, we do have some useful approaches to phylogenetic relationships among major clades which can offer additional insights into isopod evolutionary dynamics. Taxonomic diversity is one of many approaches to biodiversity and, despite its sensitiveness to biases in taxonomic practice, has proved useful in exploring diversification dynamics of various taxa. In the present work, we attempt an analysis of taxonomic diversity patterns among Oniscidea based on an updated world list of species containing 3,710 species belonging to 527 genera and 37 families (data till April 2014). The analysis explores species diversity at the genus and family level, as well as the relationships between species per genera, species per families, and genera per families. In addition, we consider the structure of isopod taxonomic system under the fractal perspective that has been proposed as a measure of a taxon’s diversification. Finally, we check whether there is any phylogenetic signal behind taxonomic diversity patterns. The results can be useful in a more detailed elaboration of Oniscidea systematics.
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- Spyros Sfenthourakis
- University of Cyprus, Department of Biological Sciences, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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Zimmermann BL, Campos-Filho IS, Deprá M, Araujo PB. Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Neotropical genusAtlantoscia(Oniscidea, Philosciidae): DNA barcoding and description of two new species. Zool J Linn Soc 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Bianca L. Zimmermann
- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas; Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; Santa Maria Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre Brazil
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Sagonas K, Poulakakis N, Lymberakis P, Parmakelis A, Pafilis P, Valakos ED. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the green lizards (Lacerta) in Greece: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2014; 76:144-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Poulakakis N, Kapli P, Lymberakis P, Trichas A, Vardinoyiannis K, Sfenthourakis S, Mylonas M. A review of phylogeographic analyses of animal taxa from the Aegean and surrounding regions. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nikos Poulakakis
- Natural History Museum of Crete; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
- Biology Department; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
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- Natural History Museum of Crete; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
- Biology Department; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
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- Natural History Museum of Crete; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
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- Natural History Museum of Crete; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
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- Natural History Museum of Crete; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
- Biology Department; University of Crete; Iraklion Greece
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Karasawa S, Goto K. Burmoniscus kitadaitoensis Nunomura, 2009 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from southern Japan, a junior synonym of B. meeusei (Holthuis, 1947). Zookeys 2014:21-8. [PMID: 24693213 PMCID: PMC3970063 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.386.6727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Re-examination of the holotype of Burmoniscus kitadaitoensis Nunomura, 2009 from Kitadaitojima Island, southern Japan reveals that this species is a junior synonym of B. meeusei (Holthuis, 1947). Partial regions of mitochondrial COI, 12S and 16S rRNA genes, and nuclear 18S and 28S rRNA genes were detected for species identification in the future.
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- Shigenori Karasawa
- Faculty of Education, Fukuoka University of Education, 1-1 Akamabunkyo-machi, Munakata, Fukuoka, 811-4192 Japan
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- Nanbu Agricultural Development Center, 517 Yamakawa, Haebaru-cho, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa, 901-1115 Japan
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Karasawa S, Honda M. Taxonomic Study of theBurmoniscus ocellatusComplex (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) in Japan Shows Genetic Diversification in the Southern Ryukyus, Southwestern Japan. Zoolog Sci 2012; 29:527-37. [DOI: 10.2108/zsj.29.527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Kashani GM, Sari A. Discovery of Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 (Isopoda, Oniscidea) in Iran: redescription and intraspecific character variability. Zookeys 2012:13-22. [PMID: 22536096 PMCID: PMC3335402 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.176.2271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In the present study, Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 is reported from Iran for the first time, redescribed and its diagnostic characters are figured. This species reveals a high variability in morphological characters. The division of the species at the subspecific level can not be supported anymore. This species differs from other species of the genus by the unique shape of male pleopod-endopodite I.
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- Ghasem M Kashani
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
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Mitochondrial phylogeny and biogeographic history of the Greek endemic land-snail genus Codringtonia Kobelt 1898 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2012; 62:681-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Revised: 11/08/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Markow TA, Pfeiler E. Mitochondrial DNA evidence for deep genetic divergences in allopatric populations of the rocky intertidal isopod Ligia occidentalis from the eastern Pacific. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2010; 56:468-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2009] [Revised: 11/18/2009] [Accepted: 12/04/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Three Continents Claiming an Archipelago: The Evolution of Aegean’s Herpetofaunal Diversity. DIVERSITY-BASEL 2010. [DOI: 10.3390/d2020233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PARMAKELIS ARISTEIDIS, KLOSSA-KILIA ELENA, KILIAS GEORGE, TRIANTIS KOSTASA, SFENTHOURAKIS SPYROS. Increased molecular divergence of two endemic Trachelipus (Isopoda, Oniscidea) species from Greece reveals patterns not congruent with current taxonomy. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01054.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kounatidis I, Papadopoulos N, Bourtzis K, Mavragani-Tsipidou P. Genetic and cytogenetic analysis of the fruit fly Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera: Tephritidae). Genome 2008; 51:479-91. [PMID: 18545272 DOI: 10.1139/g08-032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi, is a major agricultural pest for which biological, genetic, and cytogenetic information is limited. We report here a cytogenetic analysis of 4 natural Greek populations of R. cerasi, all of them infected with the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia pipientis. The mitotic karyotype and detailed photographic maps of the salivary gland polytene chromosomes of this pest species are presented here. The mitotic metaphase complement consists of 6 pairs of chromosomes, including one pair of heteromorphic sex chromosomes, with the male being the heterogametic sex. The analysis of the salivary gland polytene complement has shown a total of 5 long chromosomes (10 polytene arms) that correspond to the 5 autosomes of the mitotic nuclei and a heterochromatic mass corresponding to the sex chromosomes. The most prominent landmarks of each polytene chromosome, the "weak points", and the unusual asynapsis of homologous pairs of polytene chromosomes at certain regions of the polytene elements are also presented and discussed.
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- Ilias Kounatidis
- Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Faculty of Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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POULAKAKIS NIKOS, SFENTHOURAKIS SPYROS. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Greek populations of the genus Orthometopon (Isopoda, Oniscidea) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Zool J Linn Soc 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00378.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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