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Huynh C, Veenstra AA, Likhitrakarn N. First records of penicillate millipedes (Diplopoda, Polyxenidae) from Thailand, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 2023; 5383:514-536. [PMID: 38221235 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.4.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Two new species are described from the family Polyxenidae. Monographis panhai sp. nov. and Unixenus thailandicus sp. nov. represent the first records of their respective genera in Thailand. Monographis panhai sp. nov. shows distinct morphological differences in the arrangement of sensilla in the antennomere VI, as well as in the structures of the labrum and the claw. Collections from different areas of Thailand showed that not only is it widespread but also exhibits geographic variation in morphology. Unixenus thailandicus sp. nov. exhibits sexual dimorphism in the number of conical sensilla on the lateral palp, with 24 in males and 22 in females, differing from the typical count of 13 within the genus.
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- Cuong Huynh
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB); Deakin University; 221 Burwood Hwy; Burwood; Melbourne; Australia 3125.
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- Deakin University; 221 Burwood Hwy; Burwood; Melbourne; Australia 3125.
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- Program of Agriculture; Faculty of Agricultural Production; Maejo University; San Sai; Chiang Mai 50290; Thailand.
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Bharti DK, Pawar PY, Edgecombe GD, Joshi J. Genetic diversity varies with species traits and latitude in predatory soil arthropods (Myriapoda: Chilopoda). GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY : A JOURNAL OF MACROECOLOGY 2023; 32:1508-1521. [PMID: 38708411 PMCID: PMC7615927 DOI: 10.1111/geb.13709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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Aim To investigate the drivers of intra-specific genetic diversity in centipedes, a group of ancient predatory soil arthropods. Location Asia, Australasia and Europe. Time Period Present. Major Taxa Studied Centipedes (Class: Chilopoda). Methods We assembled a database of 1245 mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences representing 128 centipede species from all five orders of Chilopoda. This sequence dataset was used to estimate genetic diversity for centipede species and compare its distribution with estimates from other arthropod groups. We studied the variation in centipede genetic diversity with species traits and biogeography using a beta regression framework, controlling for the effect of shared evolutionary history within a family. Results A wide variation in genetic diversity across centipede species (0-0.1713) falls towards the higher end of values among arthropods. Overall, 27.57% of the variation in mitochondrial COI genetic diversity in centipedes was explained by a combination of predictors related to life history and biogeography. Genetic diversity decreased with body size and latitudinal position of sampled localities, was greater in species showing maternal care and increased with geographic distance among conspecifics. Main Conclusions Centipedes fall towards the higher end of genetic diversity among arthropods, which may be related to their long evolutionary history and low dispersal ability. In centipedes, the negative association of body size with genetic diversity may be mediated by its influence on local abundance or the influence of ecological strategy on long-term population history. Species with maternal care had higher genetic diversity, which goes against expectations and needs further scrutiny. Hemispheric differences in genetic diversity can be due to historic climatic stability and lower seasonality in the southern hemisphere. Overall, we find that despite the differences in mean genetic diversity among animals, similar processes related to life-history strategy and biogeography are associated with the variation within them.
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- D. K. Bharti
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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Yang YM, Zhang LH, Lin YJ, Zheng YM, Jin WT, Storey KB, Yu DN, Zhang JY. The Genetic Diversity in Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1862) (Scutigeromorpha: Scutigeridae) and the Phylogenetic Relationship of Scutigeromorpha Using the Mitochondrial Genome. INSECTS 2022; 13:insects13070620. [PMID: 35886796 PMCID: PMC9320382 DOI: 10.3390/insects13070620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Based on morphological characteristics to make species identification, the cryptic species of the Scutigeromorpha can be greatly underestimated. The mitochondrial genome provides a desirable tool for the biological identifications and the discovery of the cryptic species. The capacity to acquire mitochondrial genome sequences has substantially improved in recent years using next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology. On the basis of the next-generation sequencing, we obtained four complete mitochondrial genomes of Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1862) from Nanyang, Henan Province (NY), Nanchang, Jiangxi Province (NC), Jinan, Shandong Province (JN), and Dali, Yunnan Province (DL) in China with GenBank numbers OK513221, OL449685, ON058988 and ON058989, respectively. The lengths of the four mitochondrial genomes ranged from 14,903 to 14,909 bp. The composition and order of genes of the four mitochondrial genomes were identical to the published mitochondrial genome of Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scutigeromorpha: Scutigerdae). It was the first time that the tandem repeats in the control region were detected in Scutigeromorpha. We also calculated the corrected pairwise genetic distance of four complete mitochondrial genomes of T. tuberculata, ranging from 7.7 to 15.2%. The results showed that the T.tuberculata NC belonged to the typical sample of T. tuberculata, and T. tuberculata DL was hypothesized as a cryptic species of T. tuberculata. Meanwhile, T. tuberculata NY and T. tuberculata JN were hypothesized as potential cryptic species of T. tuberculata in this study. In both BI and ML trees, the monophyly of Scutigeromorpha, Scolopendromorpha, Geophilomorpha, and Lithobiomorpha was forcefully advocated. Moreover, Scutigeromorpha was recovered as the sister clade of (Scolopendromorpha + (Lithobiomorpha + Geophilomorpha)). Four specimens of T. tuberculata were clustered into one clade, which was the sister to the clade of S. coleoptrata.
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- Yong-Mei Yang
- College of Chemistry and Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China; (Y.-M.Y.); (Y.-J.L.); (Y.-M.Z.); (W.-T.J.)
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- Taishun County Forestry Bureau, Wenzhou 325599, China;
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- College of Chemistry and Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China; (Y.-M.Y.); (Y.-J.L.); (Y.-M.Z.); (W.-T.J.)
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- College of Chemistry and Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China; (Y.-M.Y.); (Y.-J.L.); (Y.-M.Z.); (W.-T.J.)
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- College of Chemistry and Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China; (Y.-M.Y.); (Y.-J.L.); (Y.-M.Z.); (W.-T.J.)
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- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada;
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- College of Chemistry and Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China; (Y.-M.Y.); (Y.-J.L.); (Y.-M.Z.); (W.-T.J.)
- Key Lab of Wildlife Biotechnology, Conservation and Utilization of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
- Correspondence: (D.-N.Y.); or (J.-Y.Z.)
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- College of Chemistry and Life Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China; (Y.-M.Y.); (Y.-J.L.); (Y.-M.Z.); (W.-T.J.)
- Key Lab of Wildlife Biotechnology, Conservation and Utilization of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
- Correspondence: (D.-N.Y.); or (J.-Y.Z.)
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Muster C, Spelda J, Rulik B, Thormann J, von der Mark L, Astrin JJ. The dark side of pseudoscorpion diversity: The German Barcode of Life campaign reveals high levels of undocumented diversity in European false scorpions. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:13815-13829. [PMID: 34707820 PMCID: PMC8525104 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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DNA barcoding is particularly useful for identification and species delimitation in taxa with conserved morphology. Pseudoscorpions are arachnids with high prevalence of morphological crypsis. Here, we present the first comprehensive DNA barcode library for Central European Pseudoscorpiones, covering 70% of the German pseudoscorpion fauna (35 out of 50 species). For 21 species, we provide the first publicly available COI barcodes, including the rare Anthrenochernes stellae Lohmander, a species protected by the FFH Habitats Directive. The pattern of intraspecific COI variation and interspecific COI variation (i.e., presence of a barcode gap) generally allows application of the DNA barcoding approach, but revision of current taxonomic designations is indicated in several taxa. Sequences of 36 morphospecies were assigned to 74 BINs (barcode index numbers). This unusually high number of intraspecific BINs can be explained by the presence of overlooked cryptic species and by the accelerated substitution rate in the mitochondrial genome of pseudoscorpions, as known from previous studies. Therefore, BINs may not be an appropriate proxy for species numbers in pseudoscorpions, while partitions built with the ASAP algorithm (Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning) correspond well with putative species. ASAP delineated 51 taxonomic units from our data, an increase of 42% compared with the present taxonomy. The Neobisium carcionoides complex, currently considered a polymorphic species, represents an outstanding example of cryptic diversity: 154 sequences from our dataset were allocated to 23 BINs and 12 ASAP units.
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- Christoph Muster
- Zoologisches Institut und MuseumUniversität GreifswaldGreifswaldGermany
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- SNSB‐Zoologische Staatssammlung MünchenMunichGermany
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- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. KoenigZFMKBonnGermany
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- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. KoenigZFMKBonnGermany
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A Hotspot of Arid Zone Subterranean Biodiversity: The Robe Valley in Western Australia. DIVERSITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/d13100482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Knowledge of subterranean fauna has mostly been derived from caves and streambeds, which are relatively easily accessed. In contrast, subterranean fauna inhabiting regional groundwater aquifers or the vadose zone (between surface soil layers and the watertable) is difficult to sample. Here we provide species lists for a globally significant subterranean fauna hotspot in the Robe Valley of the Pilbara region, Western Australia. This fauna was collected from up to 50 m below ground level using mining exploration drill holes and monitoring wells. Altogether, 123 subterranean species were collected over a distance of 17 km, comprising 65 troglofauna and 58 stygofauna species. Of these, 61 species were troglobionts and 48 stygobionts. The troglofauna occurs in small voids and fissures in mesas comprised mostly of an iron ore formation, while the stygofauna occurs in the alluvium of a river floodplain. The richness of the Robe Valley is not a localized aberration, but rather reflects the richness of the arid Pilbara region. While legislation in Western Australia has recognized the importance of subterranean fauna, mining is occurring in the Robe Valley hotspot with conditions of environmental approval that are designed to ensure species persistence.
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Vahtera V, Stoev P, Akkari N. Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops Leach, 1814 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania. Zookeys 2020; 1004:1-26. [PMID: 33384564 PMCID: PMC7758309 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1004.58537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A new species of Cryptops Leach, 1814, C. speleorex sp. nov., is described from Movile Cave, Dobrogea, Romania. The cave is remarkable for its unique ecosystem entirely dependent on methane- and sulfur-oxidising bacteria. Until now, the cave was thought to be inhabited by the epigean species C. anomalans, which is widespread in Europe. Despite its resemblance to C. anomalans, the new species is well-defined morphologically and molecularly based on two mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I COI and 16S rDNA) and one nuclear (28S rDNA) markers. Cryptops speleorex sp. nov. shows a number of troglomorphic traits such as a generally large body and elongated appendages and spiracles, higher number of coxal pores and saw teeth on the tibia of the ultimate leg. With this record, the number of endemic species known from the Movile Cave reaches 35, which ranks it as one of the most species-rich caves in the world.
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- Varpu Vahtera
- Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Turku, FinlandUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- National Museum of Natural History and Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, BulgariaNational Museum of Natural HistorySofiaBulgaria
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- Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, Wien 1010, AustriaNaturhistorisches Museum WienViennaAustria
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Reip HS, Wesener T. Intraspecific variation and phylogeography of the millipede model organism, the Black Pill Millipede Glomerismarginata (Villers, 1789) (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae). Zookeys 2019; 741:93-131. [PMID: 30872937 PMCID: PMC5904428 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.741.21917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The Black Pill Millipede, Glomerismarginata, is the best studied millipede species and a model organism for Diplopoda. Glomerismarginata is widespread, with numerous colour morphs occurring across its range, especially in the south. This study investigates whether colour morphs might represent cryptic species as well as the haplotype diversity and biogeography of G.marginata. The results of the COI barcoding fragment analysis include 97 G.marginata, as well as 21 specimens from seven potentially related species: G.intermedia Latzel, 1884, G.klugii Brandt, 1833 (G.undulata C.L. Koch, 1844), G.connexa Koch, 1847, G.hexasticha Brandt, 1833, G.maerens Attems, 1927, G.annulata Brandt, 1833 and G.apuana Verhoeff, 1911. The majority of the barcoding data was obtained through the German Barcode of Life project (GBOL). Interspecifically, G.marginata is separated from its congeners by a minimum uncorrected genetic distance of 12.9 %, confirming its monophyly. Uncorrected intraspecific distances of G.marginata are comparable to those of other widespread Glomeris species, varying between 0–4.7%, with the largest genetic distances (>2.5 %) found at the Mediterranean coast. 97 sampled specimens of G.marginata yielded 47 different haplotypes, with identical haplotypes occurring at large distances from one another, and different haplotypes being present in populations occurring in close proximity. The highest number of haplotypes was found in the best-sampled area, western Germany. The English haplotype is identical to northern Spain; specimens from southern Spain are closer to French Mediterranean specimens. Analyses (CHAO1) show that approximately 400 different haplotypes can be expected in G.marginata. To cover all haplotypes, it is projected that up to 6,000 specimens would need to be sequenced, highlighting the impossibility of covering the whole genetic diversity in barcoding attempts of immobile soil arthropod species.
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- Hans S Reip
- Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz, Am Museum 1, 02826 Görlitz, Germany Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz Görlitz Germany
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- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity Bonn Germany
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Sun X, Bedos A, Deharveng L. Unusually low genetic divergence at COI barcode locus between two species of intertidal Thalassaphorura (Collembola: Onychiuridae). PeerJ 2018; 6:e5021. [PMID: 29938135 PMCID: PMC6011825 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Species classification is challenging when taxa display limited morphological differences. In this paper, we combined morphology and DNA barcode data to investigate the complicated taxonomy of two Onychiurid Collembolan species. Thalassaphorura thalassophila and Thalassaphorura debilis are among the most common arthropod species in intertidal ecosystems and are often considered to be synonymous. Based on morphological and barcode analyses of fresh material collected in their type localities, we redescribed and compared the two species. However, their morphological distinctiveness was supported by a molecular divergence much smaller than previously reported at the interspecific level among Collembola. This divergence was even smaller than inter-population divergences recognized in the related edaphic species T. zschokkei, as well as those known between MOTUs within many Collembolan species. Our results may indicate a link between low genetic interspecific divergence and intertidal habitat, as the only biological peculiarity of the two species of interest compared to other Collembolan species analyzed to date is their strict intertidal life.
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- Xin Sun
- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China.,J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB-UMR 7205-CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB-UMR 7205-CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Huynh C, Veenstra AA. Two new Lophoturus species (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, Lophoproctidae) from Queensland, Australia. Zookeys 2018:133-154. [PMID: 29706774 PMCID: PMC5904426 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.741.21814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lophoturusqueenslandicus Verhoeff, 1924 was the first penicillate millipede in the family Lophoproctidae collected from Cairns, a tropical region in Queensland, Australia, to be formally described. Specimens collected from this region in a recent study had the morphological characters known to define this genus. However, their body form and length, as well as dorsal colouration proved to be different, suggesting the possibility of more than one Lophoturus species. This assertion was supported by the results of a phylogenetic analysis of DNA extracted and sequenced using 18S and COI regions from L.queenslandicus and two undescribed species from this genus. Specimens preserved in ethanol can prove difficult to confidently identify to species level because their colour gradually fades. Examination of live specimens with their body colour visible, together with morphological characters and DNA analysis is the most reliable way of correctly distinguishing between these three species. Two new species, L.boondallussp. n. and L.molloyensissp. n. collected in Queensland, Australia are described.
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- Cuong Huynh
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, Melbourne, 3125, Australia
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, Melbourne, 3125, Australia
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Tinago T, Mwabvu T, MacDonald AHH. Evidence of multiple divergent mitochondrial lineages within the southern African diplopod genus Bicoxidens Attems, 1928 (Spirostreptida). AFRICAN ZOOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2017.1387504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Tawanda Tinago
- Department of Biology, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
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- School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, Nelspruit, South Africa
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- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Voigtländer K, Iorio E, Decker P, Spelda J. The subgenus Monotarsobius in the Iberian Peninsula with a description of a new pseudo-cryptic species from Northern Spain revealed by an integrative revision of Lithobius crassipes L. Koch, 1862 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae). Zookeys 2017:1-38. [PMID: 28769719 PMCID: PMC5523879 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.681.12942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The widespread European centipede species Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipes L. Koch, 1862 was revised using an integrative approach incorporating sequence data and morphology. The partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) barcoding gene was amplified and sequenced for 21 individuals from northern Spain, France and Germany as well as for individuals of three other species of the subgenus Monotarsobius Verhoeff, 1905. The dataset was used for molecular phylogenetic analysis and genetic distance determination. In addition, Monotarsobius specimens from more than 100 localities in northern Spain, France, and Germany were morphologically investigated. Both morphological and molecular data indicate that specimens from the Navarre and Gipuzkoa provinces, northern Spain, represent a distinct pseudo-cryptic species, only differing in some minor characters from L.crassipes. The new species L. (Monotarsobius) crassipesoidessp. n. is described and compared to L.crassipes in detail using morphology and morphometric statistics for body, head, and antennae length, number of ocelli and coxal pores, as well as the starting leg for legpair spines Vmt and DaP. The Iberian and European records of L.crassipes are discussed. The subspecies L.crassipesmorenoi Garcia Ruiz, 2014 from Southern Spain is elevated to species as L.morenoistat. n. A checklist, distribution map and key to all five species of Monotarsobius of the Iberian Peninsula are presented.
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- Karin Voigtländer
- Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Am Museum 1, 02826 Görlitz, Germany
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- Groupe d'Étude des Invertébrés Armoricains, 5 rue du Général Leclerc, 44390 Nort-sur-Erdre, France
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- Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Am Museum 1, 02826 Görlitz, Germany
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- Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 Munich, Germany
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Huynh C, Veenstra AA. Two new species of Phryssonotus (Diplopoda : Synxenidae) from southern and western Australia. AUST J ZOOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1071/zo17074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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For many years Phryssonotus novaehollandiae Silvestri, 1923 was thought to be the only species of this genus present in Australia. Specimens collected from three geographically separated populations had similar taxonomically important morphological characters and body lengths. However, their body scale trichomes exhibited three distinctive patterns: a trapezoid, T-shape, or dark banding, and the length-to-width ratios of their trichomes also differed. These differences, as well as results of phylogenetic analysis using 18S and COI gene regions from representatives of the three populations, suggested that more than one Phryssonotus species were present. Specimens of Phryssonotus preserved in ethanol can prove difficult to distinguish because the colour patterning gradually fades. Examination of the colour patterns of live specimens, other morphological characters and DNA analysis together, were found to be the most reliable method of correctly distinguishing between these three species. P. novaehollandiae Silvestri, 1923, the first described species collected from South Australia, remains, with its range extended to inland Victoria, and two new species (P. australis, sp. nov. and P. occidentalis, sp. nov.) are described.
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Wesener T, Conrad C. Local Hotspots of Endemism or Artifacts of Incorrect Taxonomy? The Status of Microendemic Pill Millipede Species of the Genus Glomeris in Northern Italy (Diplopoda, Glomerida). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162284. [PMID: 27632210 PMCID: PMC5025202 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Local endemic species with their unique evolutionary history always stirred the interest of scientists. One such area especially rich in endemics is northern Italy. In case of pill millipedes of the genus Glomeris Latreille, 1803, only a single species is found in northern Europe, while 22 country-endemics alone are known from Italy. Many of these endemics, however, have not been studied in several decades; therefore we aimed to determine whether this diversity is the result of overlooked synonymies or natural processes. A focus was placed on the local endemics that are in some aspects morphologically similar to the widespread and variable G. klugii Brandt, 1833. The local endemics Glomeris larii Verhoeff, 1921, G. primordialis Verhoeff, 1930, G. oblongoguttata Verhoeff, 1894, G. oropensis Verhoeff, 1936, G. transalpina Koch, 1836, G. romana Verhoeff, 1900, G. ligurica Latzel, 1884 and G. apuana Verhoeff, 1911 were included in a molecular analysis incorporating ribosomal nuclear (28S) and mitochondrial (COI) genes. Individuals were sequenced and compared to 31 specimens from 18 localities of G. klugii. The final dataset included 657 base pairs for 56 terminals in the COI, and 14 terminals with 1068 base pairs in the combined 28S and COI analysis. Our analysis shows intraspecific distances of up to 5% in the COI gene in G. klugii that are not strictly correlated to geography or color pattern. G. larii is discovered to be genetically and morphologically identical to G. klugii and is synonymised with the latter. Interspecific distances in our dataset vary between 6.7 to 15.9%, with the lowest (6.7-9.0%) between G. primordialis and G. klugii. Our analysis confirms the species status of the local endemics G. primordialis, G. oblongoguttata, G. oropensis, G. transalpina, G. ligurica and G. apuana. We also confirm the synonymy of G. undulata Koch, 1844 under G. klugii. G. genuensis Latzel, 1886 is indistinguishable from G. ligurica.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thomas Wesener
- Section Myriapoda, Centre for Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research, Zoological Research Museum A. Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Bonn, Germany
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- Section Myriapoda, Centre for Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research, Zoological Research Museum A. Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Bonn, Germany
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