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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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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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Campos-Filho IS, Dimitriou AC, Taiti S, Sfenthourakis S. The genus Armadillo Latreille, 1802 (Oniscidea, Armadillidae) from Cyprus, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 2023; 5270:67-91. [PMID: 37518177 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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The present work aims to morphologically characterize the species of Armadillo from Cyprus. Moreover, two new species of the genus are described, A. konstantinoui sp. nov. from several places along the island, and A. karametae sp. nov. from Pafos region. The circum-Mediterranean species A. officinalis is also redescribed.
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Cyprus; Lefkosia (Nicosia); Cyprus..
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- Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Sesto Fiorentino (Florence); Italy.; Museo di Storia Naturale; Sezione di Zoologia "La Specola"; Florence; Italy.,Department of Biological Sciences; University of Cyprus; Lefkosia (Nicosia); Cyprus..
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Campos-Filho IS, Gallo JS, Gallão JE, Torres DF, Carpio-Díaz YM, López-Orozco CM, Borja-Arrieta R, Taiti S, Bichuette ME. Expanding the knowledge on the diversity of the cavernicolous Styloniscidae Vandel, 1952 (Oniscidea, Synocheta) from Brazil, with descriptions of two new species from the semiarid karst regions. Zookeys 2022; 1101:35-55. [PMID: 36760971 PMCID: PMC9848953 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1101.79043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Two new species of Pectenoniscus from two caves in karst areas of the Brazilian semiarid region are described. Pectenoniscuspankaru Campos-Filho, Torres & Bichuette, sp. nov. from Gruna do Govi cave, Serra do Ramalho karst area, state of Bahia, and Pectenoniscusfervens Campos-Filho, Taiti & Bichuette, sp. nov. from Toca Coroa do Frade cave, Barra Bonita karst area, state of Piauí. In addition, specimens of Cylindroniscusflaviae from Gruta da Tapagem (= Caverna do Diabo), Açungui karst area were also recorded. An updated diagnosis of Pectenoniscus and a distribution map of the species examined herein are given.
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- Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Lefkosia (Nicosia), CyprusUniversity of CyprusLefkosiaCyprus
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- Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São CarlosSão CarlosBrazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São CarlosSão CarlosBrazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São CarlosSão CarlosBrazil
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Descriptiva y Aplicada, Programa de Biología, Universidad de Cartagena, Campus San Pablo, Cartagena de Indias, ColombiaUniversidad de CartagenaCartagena das IndiasColombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Descriptiva y Aplicada, Programa de Biología, Universidad de Cartagena, Campus San Pablo, Cartagena de Indias, ColombiaUniversidad de CartagenaCartagena das IndiasColombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Descriptiva y Aplicada, Programa de Biología, Universidad de Cartagena, Campus San Pablo, Cartagena de Indias, ColombiaUniversidad de CartagenaCartagena das IndiasColombia
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- Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, ItalyIstituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheFlorenceItaly,Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Zoologia “La Specola”, Florence, ItalyMuseo di Storia NaturaleFlorenceItaly
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- Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São CarlosSão CarlosBrazil,Grupo Bambuí de Pesquisas Espeleológicas, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilGrupo Bambuí de Pesquisas EspeleológicasBelo HorizonteBrazil
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De Smedt P, Taiti S, Sfenthourakis S, Campos Filho IS. Preface - 11 thISTIB: Facets of terrestrial isopod biology. Zookeys 2022; 1101:1-4. [PMID: 36760968 PMCID: PMC9848617 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1101.86064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Pallieter De Smedt
- Forest & Nature Lab, Ghent University, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, B-9090 Melle (Gontrode), BelgiumGhent UniversityMelleBelgium,SPINICORNIS, Mispeldonk 2, B-2820 Bonheiden, BelgiumSPINICORNISBonheidenBelgium
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- Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), ItalyIstituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheFlorenceItaly,Museo di Storia Naturale dell’Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia “La Specola”, Via Romana 17, 50125 Florence, ItalyUniversità di FirenzeFlorenceItaly
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, University Campus, 1 Panepistimiou Ave., 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, CyprusUniversity of CyprusNicosiaCyprus
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, University Campus, 1 Panepistimiou Ave., 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, CyprusUniversity of CyprusNicosiaCyprus
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Reboleira AS, Eusébio R, Taiti S. Species conservation profiles of cave-adapted terrestrial isopods from Portugal. Biodivers Data J 2022; 10:e78796. [PMID: 35437399 PMCID: PMC8901612 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.10.e78796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) are the most diverse group of troglobionts in caves of continental Portugal. They occur in all karst regions of Portugal, play a major role in decomposition of organic matter in caves and may act as umbrella species for the conservation of all other cave-adapted invertebrates. New information We present the IUCN Red List profiles for the cave-adapted terrestrial isopods from continental Portugal, based on recent distribution data from caves.
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Campos-Filho IS, Paoletti MG, Gavinelli F, Taiti S. New species and records of the family Scleropactidae Verhoeff, 1938 from Venezuela (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea). Trop Zool 2021. [DOI: 10.4081/tz.2021.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Eight species in the family Scleropactidae are recorded from Venezuela. Three species are described as new: Colomboscia venezuelana n. sp. from the departments of Aragua and Miranda, Globopactes cristalinae n. sp. from the department of Trujillo, and Globopactes mucuyensis n. sp. from the department of Mérida. Globopactes senex and Neosanfilippia venezuelana have their distribution extended to the departments of Aragua and Carabobo, respectively.
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Monticelli Cardoso G, Du Preez G, Taiti S, Ferreira RL. New troglobitic species of Niambia from Botswana and Namibia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea). SB 2021. [DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Three new species in the genus Niambia are described from southern African caves: N. botswanaensissp. nov. from Diviner’s Cave (Botswana), N. ghaubensissp. nov. from Ghaub Cave and N. namibiaensissp. nov. from Märchen Cave (Namibia). All these species show troglomorphic traits such as absence of body pigmentation and eyes. These are the first troglobitic species recorded in the genus. Most of the other species of Niambia are epigean and occur in semi-arid environments in the Afrotropical Region.
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Wynne JJ, Howarth FG, Mammola S, Ferreira RL, Cardoso P, Lorenzo TD, Galassi DMP, Medellin RA, Miller BW, Sánchez‐Fernández D, Bichuette ME, Biswas J, BlackEagle CW, Boonyanusith C, Amorim IR, Borges PAV, Boston PJ, Cal RN, Cheeptham N, Deharveng L, Eme D, Faille A, Fenolio D, Fišer C, Fišer Ž, ʻOhukaniʻōhiʻa Gon SM, Goudarzi F, Griebler C, Halse S, Hoch H, Kale E, Katz AD, Kováč Ľ, Lilley TM, Manchi S, Manenti R, Martínez A, Meierhofer MB, Miller AZ, Moldovan OT, Niemiller ML, Peck SB, Pellegrini TG, Pipan T, Phillips‐Lander CM, Poot C, Racey PA, Sendra A, Shear WA, Silva MS, Taiti S, Tian M, Venarsky MP, Pakarati SY, Zagmajster M, Zhao Y. A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome. Conserv Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- J. Judson Wynne
- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes Northern Arizona University Flagstaff Arizona
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- Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
- DarkMEG—Molecular Ecology Group, Water Research Institute National Research Council of Italy Verbania Pallanza Italy
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- Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Setor de Biodiversidade Subterrânea, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação Universidade Federal de Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystem of the Italian National Research Council Florence Italy
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- Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences University of L'Aquila L'Aquila Italy
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo, Bronx NY (Ret.) and Bat Sound Services Canadian Lakes Michigan
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- Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos São Paulo Brazil
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- National Cave Research and Protection Organization Raipur Chhattisgarh India
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- Centre for Ecology Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, Faculty of Agrarian and Environmental Sciences Azores Portugal
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- Centre for Ecology Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, Faculty of Agrarian and Environmental Sciences Azores Portugal
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science Thompson Rivers University Kamloops British Columbia Canada
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- IFREMER Centre Atlantique Unité Ecologie et Modèles pour l'Halieutique Nantes France
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- Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart Germany
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- Center for Conservation and Research San Antonio Zoo San Antonio Texas
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- SubBio Lab, Department of Biology Biotechnical Faculty University of Ljubljana Slovenia
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- SubBio Lab, Department of Biology Biotechnical Faculty University of Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Department of Environment Isfahan University of Technology Isfahan Iran
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- Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology Division of Limnology, University of Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Bennelongia Environmental Consultants Perth Australia
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- Department Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity Berlin Germany
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- Ecomate Management Ltd., Boroko NCD Papua New Guinea
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- Engineer Research and Development Center U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Champaign Illinois
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology P.J. Šafárik University Košice Slovakia
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- Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Conservation Ecology Division Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History Coimbatore India
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy Università degli Studi di Milano Milan Italy
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- DarkMEG—Molecular Ecology Group, Water Research Institute National Research Council of Italy Verbania Pallanza Italy
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- Laboratório HERCULES, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal and Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Seville Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences The University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville Alabama
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- Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Setor de Biodiversidade Subterrânea, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação Universidade Federal de Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute, Ljubljana Slovenia and UNESCO Chair on Karst Education, University of Nova Gorica Vipava Slovenia
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- The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center, Belmopan, Belize and School of Natural Resources and Environment University of Florida Gainesville Florida
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation University of Exeter UK
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- Colecciones Entomológicas Torres‐Sala Servei de Patrimoni Històric, Ajuntament de València València Spain
- Departament de Didàctica de les Cièncias Experimentals i Socials, Facultat de Magisteri Universitat de València València Spain
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- Department of Biology Hampden‐Sydney College Hampden Sydney Virginia
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- Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Setor de Biodiversidade Subterrânea, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação Universidade Federal de Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri CNR‐IRET Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Zoologia Firenze Italy
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection South China Agricultural University Guangzhou China
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- Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions Government of Western Australia Washington Kensington Australia
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- Laboratorio de Socioecosistemas, Departamento de Ecología Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid Spain
- Consejo Asesor de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile ‐ Rapa Nui Chile
- Manu Project, Rapa Nui Chile
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- SubBio Lab, Department of Biology Biotechnical Faculty University of Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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Taiti S, Monticelli Cardoso G. New species and records of Exalloniscus Stebbing, 1911 from southern Asia (Malacostraca, Isopoda, Oniscidea). Trop Zool 2020. [DOI: 10.4081/tz.2020.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The genus Exalloniscus is widely distributed in southern and eastern Asia. In this contribution, eight species are described as new: Exalloniscus schmalfussi from Nepal; E. siamensis from Thailand; E. kampucheaensis from Cambodia; E. tortilis and E. deharvengi from Vietnam; E. stilifer from southern China; E. burmaensis from Myanmar; and E. convexus from Laos. Ten more species are recorded: E. nepalensis from Nepal; E. coecus, E. brincki, E. bicoloratus, E. caudatus and E. maschwitzi from West Malaysia; E. sumatranus from Sumatra, Indonesia, and Singapore; E. papillosus from West Malaysia and Vietnam; and E. thailandensis from Laos. Exalloniscus bessoni Dalens, 1992 and E. yinae Nunomura and Xie, 2000 are considered to be junior synonyms of E. thailandensis Dalens, 1987. A map with the recorded distributions of all the 28 species of Exalloniscus is provided and their habitat is discussed.
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Taiti S. A new home for Tropical Zoology. Trop Zool 2020. [DOI: 10.4081/tz.2020.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Dear readers and subscribers, starting from Volume 33 (2020), Tropical Zoology will have a new publisher. The journal, owned by the Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), was born in 1966 as Monitore zoologico italiano Supplemento... [read]
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Dimitriou AC, Taiti S, Sfenthourakis S. Genetic evidence against monophyly of Oniscidea implies a need to revise scenarios for the origin of terrestrial isopods. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18508. [PMID: 31811226 PMCID: PMC6898597 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55071-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Among the few crustacean taxa that managed to inhabit terrestrial environments, Oniscidea includes the most successful colonizers in terms of species richness and abundance. However, neither morphological traits nor molecular markers have definitively resolved phylogenetic relationships among major Oniscidea clades or established the monophyly of the taxon. Herein, we employed the highly conserved, nuclear protein-coding genes Sodium-Potassium Pump (NAK) and Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (PEPCK), along with the traditionally used 18 s and 28 s ribosomal RNA genes, in an attempt to clarify these questions. Our dataset included sequences representing all major Oniscidea clades and closely related aquatic taxa, as suggested by previous studies. We applied Bayesian Inference and Maximum Likelihood methods and produced a robust and fully resolved phylogenetic tree that offers strong evidence against the monophyly of Oniscidea. The amphibious genus Ligia appears to be more closely related to representatives of marine suborders, while the phylogenetic pattern of the remaining Oniscidea implies a complex history of the transition from the marine environment to land. With the exception of the basal clade, all other established major clades have been recovered as monophyletic, even though relationships within these clades call for a revised interpretation of morphological characters used in terrestrial isopod taxonomy.
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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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- Museo di Storia Naturale, 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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In the Dinaric Karst, Alpioniscus (Illyrionethes) is the taxon with the largest number of troglobiotic species (19), one of which is new and described here: A. busljetaisp. nov., found in two caves in the coastal area of North Dalmatia. Both caves are threatened by human activities (IUCN threats 1.1, 9.1.1).
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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] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [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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Campos-Filho IS, Fernandes CS, Cardoso GM, Bichuette ME, Aguiar JO, Taiti S. Two new species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. Zootaxa 2019; 4564:zootaxa.4564.2.6. [PMID: 31716505 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.2.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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To date, approximately 190 species of terrestrial isopods are known from Brazil and only 14 are considered troglobiotic. After the examination of a large collection from caves in Bambuí and Una geomorphological areas, along the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais and Goiás, two new troglobiotic species were recognized. Pectenoniscus liliae Campos-Filho, Bichuette Taiti sp. n. (Styloniscidae) is described from Serra do Ramalho karst area, and Benthana xiquinhoi Campos-Filho, Bichuette Taiti sp. n. (Philosciidae) from sandstone caves of Chapada Diamantina region. The latter constitutes the second troglomorphic species of the genus. Xangoniscus aganju (Styloniscidae) is also recorded from two caves in the Serra do Ramalho karst area. The systematic position of Iuiuniscus iuiuensis is briefly discussed and Venezillo congener (Armadillidae) is redescribed from São Domingos karst area.
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- Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho
- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Naturais, Campina Grande, Av. Aprígio Veloso 882, Bairro Universitário, 58429-140, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil..
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Dimitriou AC, Taiti S, Schmalfuss H, Sfenthourakis S. A molecular phylogeny of Porcellionidae (Isopoda, Oniscidea) reveals inconsistencies with present taxonomy. Zookeys 2018:163-176. [PMID: 30588152 PMCID: PMC6300696 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.801.23566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Porcellionidae is one of the richest families of Oniscidea globally distributed but we still lack a comprehensive and robust phylogeny of the taxa that are assigned to it. Employing five genetic markers (two mitochondrial and three nuclear) we inferred phylogenetic relationships among the majority of Porcellionidae genera. Phylogenetic analyses conducted via Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference resulted in similar tree topologies. The mtDNA genes cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and 16s rRNA (16s) were used for clade dating using previously published mutation rates. Our results provide evidence against the monophyly of both Porcellionidae and the largest genus of the family Porcellio. These results are compared to previous published work based on morphological evidence. The genera Leptotrichus and Brevurus are not grouped with the rest of Porcellionidae whereas Agnaridae are grouped with part of Porcellionidae. Armadillidium and Schizidium (Armadillidiidae) occupy a basal position on the phylogenetic tree. Even though the African genera Tura and Uramba (distributed in East Africa) are grouped together there is no general geographical pattern in other sub-clades. Additional taxonomic issues that arise in this work such as the assignment of the recently described genus Levantoniscus, arealso discussed. The status of Porcellionidae should be further revised and morphological characters traditionally used in Oniscidea taxonomy should be reconsidered in view of molecular evidence. The origin of the monophyletic clade within Porcellionidae as indicated in the present work is dated back to the Oligocene (~32 mya).
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- Andreas C Dimitriou
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Panepistimiou Ave. 1, 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus University of Cyprus 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 Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Florence Italy.,Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia " La Specola", Via Romana 17, 50125 Florence, Italy Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze Florence Italy
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- Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Panepistimiou Ave. 1, 2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus University of Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus
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- Elisabeth Hornung
- Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest, Hungary Szent István University Budapest Hungary
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- Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri Firenze Italy
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- The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA The John Hopkins University Baltimore United States of America
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Taiti S, Argano R, Marcia P, Scarpa F, Sanna D, Casu M. The genus Alpioniscus Racovitza, 1908 in Sardinia: taxonomy and natural history (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae). Zookeys 2018:229-263. [PMID: 30564038 PMCID: PMC6288260 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.801.24102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The genus Alpioniscus Racovitza, 1908 (Trichoniscidae) from Sardinia is revised. Three new cave-dwelling species are described: A.onnisi Taiti & Argano, sp. n., A.stochi Taiti & Argano, sp. n., and A.sideralis Taiti & Argano, sp. n.. The genus Utopioniscus Schmalfuss, 2005 is considered to be a junior synonym of Alpioniscus, after morphological and molecular analyses. Alpioniscusfragilis (Budde-Lund, 1909) and A.kuehni from Grotta del Bue Marino are illustrated. With the new species, the genus Alpioniscus in Sardinia comprises six species: two troglobionts (A.fragilis and A.onnisi), one endogean and troglobiont (A.thanit Taiti & Argano, 2009), and three stygobionts (A.kuehni, A.stochi, and A.sideralis). All the species occur in karstic areas in the central-eastern and south-eastern part of the island. A key to all the Sardinian species of Alpioniscus is provided.
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- Stefano Taiti
- 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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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Charles Darwin", Università degli Studi "La Sapienza", Viale dell'Università 32, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Via Vienna 2, Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Via Vienna 2, Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Viale San Pietro 43/C, Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Via Vienna 2, Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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Seidl BH, Griesshaber E, Fabritius HO, Reisecker C, Hild S, Taiti S, Schmahl WW, Ziegler A. Tailored disorder in calcite organization in tergite cuticle of the supralittoral isopod Tylos europaeus Arcangeli, 1938. J Struct Biol 2018; 204:464-480. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2018.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Stefano Taiti
- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Madonna del Piano 1
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, Via A. Volta 4bis, 56126 Pisa (Italy) giuseppe.montesa
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Taiti S, Montesanto G, Vargas JA. Terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) from the coasts of Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species. REV BIOL TROP 2018. [DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v66i1.33296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Abstract: Seven species of terrestrial isopods are recorded from the coasts of the Pacific and Caribbean sides of Costa Rica. Three species (Buchnerillo neotropicalis, Hawaiioscia nicoyaensis and Trichorhina biocellata) are described as new and two species (Tylos niveus and Armadilloniscus cf. caraibicus) are newly recorded from the country. The poorly known species T. niveus is also illustrated. At present the total number of terrestrial isopod species recorded from Costa Rica is 30. Interestingly four typical littoral halophilic species (Ligia baudiniana, Tylos wegeneri, T. niveus and A. cf. caraibicus) are present on both the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and on the coasts of the lands encompassed by the Caribbean Sea. With the sole exception of A. cf. caraibicus, no morphological differences could be detected from the Pacific and Caribbean populations of those species. Rev. Biol. Trop. 66(Suppl. 1): S187-S210. Epub 2018 April 01.
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Campos-Filho IS, Bichuette ME, Montesanto G, Araujo PB, Taiti S. The first troglobiotic species of the family Pudeoniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. SB 2017. [DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.23.20963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Campos-Filho IS, Montesanto G, Araujo PB, Taiti S. New species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazil. Iheringia, Sér Zool 2017. [DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2017034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ABSTRACT. A large collection of terrestrial isopods from different Brazilian regions was examined. Two new species of Amazoniscus Lemos de Castro, 1967 (Scleropactidae) are described: A. zimmeri Campos-Filho, Montesanto & Araujo sp. nov. from the state of Pará and A. schmidti Campos-Filho, Montesanto & Taiti sp. nov. from the state of Minas Gerais. Pseudotyphloscia alba (Dollfus, 1898) (Philosciidae) is firstly recorded from Brazil. The systematic position of Venezillo tuberosus (Budde-Lund, 1904) is discussed and transferred to Ctenorillo Verhoeff, 1942. Androdeloscia lejeunei (Lemos de Castro & Souza, 1986) and Diploexochus echinatus Brandt, 1833 from the state of Pará, are redescribed.
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Cardoso GM, Taiti S, Sfenthourakis S. A new genus of Trachelipodidae Strouhal, 1953 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from the eastern Mediterranean. Zootaxa 2015; 4040:1-16. [PMID: 26624647 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Levantoniscus n. gen. is erected for two new species from Cyprus: Levantoniscus bicostulatus n. sp. and Levantoniscus makrisi n. sp. Levantoniscus wahrmani (Strouhal, 1968) n. comb. from Israel and southern Turkey is transferred from the genus Bathytropa Budde-Lund, 1885 and family Bathytropidae. The new genus is included in the family Trachelipodidae and is characterized by distinct dorsal ornamentation, interlocking pleopods and uncovered pleopodal lungs which are located in invaginations on pleopod 3-5 exopodites.
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- Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Agronomia, 91510-070 Porto Alegre, Brazil.;
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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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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Panepistimiou ave. 1, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Aglanztia, Nicosia, Cyprus.;
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Campos-Filho IS, Taiti S, Araujo PB. Taxonomic revision of the genus Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Philosciidae). Zootaxa 2015; 4022:1-73. [PMID: 26624160 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4022.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The neotropical genus Benthana (Philosciidae) is reviewed. Fourteen species are redescribed: Benthana picta, B. olfersii, B. longicornis, B. schubarti, B. albomarginata, B. werneri, B. santosi, B. longipenis, B. bocainensis, B. moreirai, B. dimorpha, B. iporangensis, B. sulcata, and B. longicaudata. Additional characters were proposed for B. convexa, B. taeniata, B. serrana, B. trinodulata, B. araucariana, and B. cairensis. New records are provided for 13 species, and four new species are described: Benthana aimores sp. nov., Benthana goitacas sp. nov., Benthana tupinamba sp. nov. and Benthana canastraensis sp. nov.. Two Chilean species are considered incertae sedis. A pictorial key and distribution maps for the species are provided.
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- Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Agronomia, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.;
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- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy.;
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Agronomia, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.;
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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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Taiti S, Wynne JJ. The terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), with descriptions of two new species. Zookeys 2015; 515:27-49. [PMID: 26261438 PMCID: PMC4525033 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.515.9477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Nine species of terrestrial isopods are reported for the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) based upon museum materials and recent collections from field sampling. Most of these animals are non-native species, but two are new to science: Styloniscusmanuvaka sp. n. and Hawaiiosciarapui sp. n. Of these, the former is believed to be a Polynesian endemic as it has been recorded from Rapa Iti, Austral Islands, while the latter is identified as a Rapa Nui island endemic. Both of these new species are considered 'disturbance relicts' and appear restricted to the cave environment on Rapa Nui. A short key to all the oniscidean species presently recorded from Rapa Nui is provided. We also offered conservation and management recommendations for the two new isopod species.
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- Stefano Taiti
- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Colorado Plateau Biodiversity Center, Northern Arizona University, Box 5640, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5614, USA
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Taiti S, Rossano C. Terrestrial isopods from the Oued Laou basin, north-eastern Morocco (Crustacea: Oniscidea), with descriptions of two new genera and seven new species. J NAT HIST 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1009512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Campos-Filho IS, Araujo PB, Bichuette ME, Trajano E, Taiti S. Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. Zool J Linn Soc 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal; Departamento de Zoologia; Laboratório de Carcinologia; Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Agronomia 91510-070 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal; Departamento de Zoologia; Laboratório de Carcinologia; Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Agronomia 91510-070 Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva; Rodovia Washington Luis; Km 235 13565-905 São Carlos São Paulo Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo; Instituto de Biociências; Departamento de Zoologia; Rua do Matão, trav. 14, n°. 321, Cidade Universitária 05508-090 São Paulo Brazil
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- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence) Italy
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Wynne JJ, Bernard EC, Howarth FG, Sommer S, Soto-Adames FN, Taiti S, Mockford EL, Horrocks M, Pakarati L, Pakarati-Hotus V. Disturbance Relicts in a Rapidly Changing World: The Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Factor. Bioscience 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Taiti S. The terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) of the Maldives. Tropical Zoology 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2014.894397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hurtado LA, Lee EJ, Mateos M, Taiti S. Global diversification at the harsh sea-land interface: mitochondrial phylogeny of the supralittoral isopod genus Tylos (Tylidae, Oniscidea). PLoS One 2014; 9:e94081. [PMID: 24736501 PMCID: PMC3988090 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The supralittoral environment, at the transition between sea and land, is characterized by harsh conditions for life. Nonetheless, evolution of terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea), the only group of Crustacea fully adapted to live on land, appears to have involved a transitional step within the supralittoral. The two most basal oniscidean lineages (Ligiidae and Tylidae) have representatives that successfully colonized the supralittoral. One of them is the genus Tylos, which is found exclusively in supralittoral sandy beaches from tropical and subtropical coasts around the world. Comprehensive phylogenetic hypotheses for this genus are lacking, which are necessary for understanding the evolution and biogeography of a lineage that successfully diversified in the harsh sea-land interface. Herein, we studied the phylogenetic relationships among 17 of the 21 currently recognized species of the genus Tylos, based on sequences from four mitochondrial genes (Cytochrome Oxidase I, Cytochrome b, 16S rDNA, and 12S rDNA). Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses identified several lineages with deep divergences and discrete geographic distributions. Phylogenetic and distributional patterns of Tylos provide important clues on the biogeography and evolution of this group. Large divergences among the most basal clades are consistent with ancient splits. Due to the biological characteristics of Tylos, which likely prevent dispersal of these isopods across vast oceanic scales, we argue that tectonic events rather than trans-oceanic dispersal explain the distribution of Tylos in different continents. Overwater dispersal, however, likely enabled range expansions within some basins, and explains the colonization of volcanic oceanic islands. Present-day distributions were also likely influenced by sea level and climate changes. High levels of allopatric cryptic genetic differentiation are observed in different regions of the world, implying that the dispersal abilities of Tylos isopods are more limited than previously thought. Our results indicate that a taxonomic revision of this group is necessary.
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- Luis A. Hurtado
- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, CNR, Florence, Italy
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Santamaria CA, Mateos M, Taiti S, DeWitt TJ, Hurtado LA. A complex evolutionary history in a remote archipelago: phylogeography and morphometrics of the Hawaiian endemic Ligia isopods. PLoS One 2013; 8:e85199. [PMID: 24386463 PMCID: PMC3875554 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Compared to the striking diversification and levels of endemism observed in many terrestrial groups within the Hawaiian Archipelago, marine invertebrates exhibit remarkably lower rates of endemism and diversification. Supralittoral invertebrates restricted to specific coastal patchy habitats, however, have the potential for high levels of allopatric diversification. This is the case of Ligia isopods endemic to the Hawaiian Archipelago, which most likely arose from a rocky supralittoral ancestor that colonized the archipelago via rafting, and diversified into rocky supralittoral and inland lineages. A previous study on populations of this isopod from O'ahu and Kaua'i revealed high levels of allopatric differentiation, and suggested inter-island historical dispersal events have been rare. To gain a better understanding on the diversity and evolution of this group, we expanded prior phylogeographic work by incorporating populations from unsampled main Hawaiian Islands (Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i, and Hawai'i), increasing the number of gene markers (four mitochondrial and two nuclear genes), and conducting Maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses. Our study revealed new lineages and expanded the distribution range of several lineages. The phylogeographic patterns of Ligia in the study area are complex, with Hawai'i, O'ahu, and the Maui-Nui islands sharing major lineages, implying multiple inter-island historical dispersal events. In contrast, the oldest and most geographically distant of the major islands (Kaua'i) shares no lineages with the other islands. Our results did not support the monophyly of all the supralittoral lineages (currently grouped into L. hawaiensis), or the monophyly of the terrestrial lineages (currently grouped into L. perkinsi), implying more than one evolutionary transition between coastal and inland forms. Geometric-morphometric analyses of three supralittoral clades revealed significant body shape differences among them. A taxonomic revision of Hawaiian Ligia is warranted. Our results are relevant for the protection of biodiversity found in an environment subject to high pressure from disturbances.
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- Carlos A. Santamaria
- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, CNR, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- F. Ferrara
- a Centra di Studio pet la Faunistica ed Ecologia Ttopicali del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Firenze
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- a Centra di Studio pet la Faunistica ed Ecologia Ttopicali del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Firenze
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- F. Ferrara
- a Centro di Studio per la Faunistica ed Ecologia Tropicali del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
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- a Centro di Studio per la Faunistica ed Ecologia Tropicali del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
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Taiti S, Xue Z. The cavernicolous genusTrogloniscusnomen novum, with descriptions of four new species from southern China (Crustacea, Oniscidea, Styloniscidae). Tropical Zoology 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2012.751240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Taiti S. Editorial. Tropical Zoology 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2012.706474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Penev L, Erwin T, Thompson FC, Sues HD, Engel M, Agosti D, Pyle R, Ivie M, Assmann T, Henry T, Miller J, Ananjeva N, Casale A, Lourenco W, Golovatch S, Fagerholm HP, Taiti S, Alonso-Zarazaga M, van Nieukerken E. ZooKeys, unlocking Earth’s incredible biodiversity and building a sustainable bridge into the public domain: From “print-based” to “web-based” taxonomy, systematics, and natural history. ZooKeys Editorial Opening Paper. Zookeys 2008. [DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cooper SJB, Saint KM, Taiti S, Austin AD, Humphreys WF. Subterranean archipelago: mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of stygobitic isopods (Oniscidea:Haloniscus) from the Yilgarn region of Western Australia. INVERTEBR SYST 2008. [DOI: 10.1071/is07039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The arid Yilgarn region of Western Australia contains numerous isolated calcrete aquifers, within which a diverse subterranean fauna has been discovered. Genetic and morphological studies of subterranean dytiscid beetles and amphipods have suggested that individual calcretes are equivalent to closed island habitats, which have been isolated for millions of years. Here we test this ‘subterranean island’ hypothesis further by phylogeographic analyses of subterranean oniscidean isopods (Haloniscus), using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence data derived from the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene. Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses provided evidence for significant phylogeographic structuring of isopod populations, with evidence for at least 24 divergent mtDNA lineages, each restricted in their distribution to a single calcrete aquifer. The high level of divergence among calcrete populations (generally >25%) and several mtDNA lineages within calcretes (>16%) suggests that each lineage is likely to represent a distinct species. These analyses, together with comparative phylogeographic data from dytiscid beetles and amphipods, provide strong support for the ‘subterranean island’ hypothesis, applying to both air-breathing and fully aquatic arthropod groups. The finding of several epigean lineages that grouped with stygobitic Haloniscus populations, and the overall phylogeographic structure of populations, suggests that the majority of stygobitic species evolved within individual calcretes following independent colonisation by epigean ancestors.
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Rivera MAJ, Howarth FG, Taiti S, Roderick GK. Evolution in Hawaiian cave-adapted isopods (Oniscidea: Philosciidae): vicariant speciation or adaptive shifts? Mol Phylogenet Evol 2002; 25:1-9. [PMID: 12383746 DOI: 10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00353-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We assessed evolutionary relationships among Hawaiian cave-adapted isopods using a maximum-likelihood criterion to analyze cytochrome oxidase I nucleotide sequences. Results support morphological data that two genera of philosciid isopods have invaded caves independently in the islands. In the genus Littorophiloscia, a sister relationship between a surface-dwelling species, L. hawaiiensis, and an undescribed cave species was corroborated. This evidence, along with the known parapatric distributions between species, supports a speciation event by an adaptive shift on the island of Hawaii from a marine littoral to a terrestrial subterranean habitat. The monophyletic genus Hawaiioscia contains four known obligate cave-dwelling species, each of which occurs on a separate island. However, despite present-day allopatric distributions between Hawaiioscia species, the geographic and phylogenetic patterns are not sufficient to support a vicariant mode of speciation. Instead, we believe that the known species of Hawaiioscia evolved from a widespread ancestral surface species or a group of closely related species through multiple, independent adaptive shifts on each of the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, and Maui. This is the first molecular investigation of evolutionary relationships between surface-dwelling and cavernicolous arthropods in Hawaii and it suggests that simple vicariance is insufficient to explain the evolution of troglobites in tropical zones.
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- Malia Ana J Rivera
- Division of Insect Biology, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 201 Wellman Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3112, USA.
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The morphology of the respiratory apparatus in the pleopodal lungs of the family Eubelidae was investigated. The family is a monophyletic group including more than 240 species in 53 genera (three of which are nomina dubia), mostly distributed in the Afrotropical Region (tropical Africa and Arabian Peninsula). In all the Eubelidae, except for the monospecific genus Parelumoides and two species of the genus Elumoides, the exopods of pleopods have lungs. All the pulmonary morphologies present in the entire suborder Oniscidea are found: 1) uncovered lungs, composed of a pleated respiratory surface, directly exposed to the air (Atracheodillo-type) or partially enclosed within the appendage (Synarmadilloides-type); 2) covered lungs with several spiracles and respiratory trees, housed within the appendages, with spiracles surrounded by a specialized, nonrespiratory, structure (perispiracular area) (Eubelum- and Somaloniscus-types); 3) covered lungs with only one spiracle, with or without perispiracular area, and one respiratory tree (Aethiopopactes- and Periscyphis-types), which in taxa with Periscyphis-type lung crosses the insertion of the appendage and penetrates into the pleon with bundles of respiratory tubules. The evolution of the various types of lungs is discussed. It is concluded that the two main evolutionary lines, i.e., uncovered lungs and covered lungs, originated independently from an ancestral respiratory structure-the semilunar area. A first mechanism of development of the semilunar area by folding of its surface produced the Atracheodillo-type (all folds coplanar with the surface of the exopod) and Synarmadilloides-type (folds partly coplanar and partly intraflexed inside the exopod) uncovered lungs. A second mechanism of development by tubular invagination of the cuticle of the semilunar area produced the polyspiracular Eubelum-type lungs (numerous arborescent invaginations) and the monospiracular Aethiopopactes-type lungs (only one arborescent invagination), probably passing through a common intermediate pattern. From the common pattern, both the poly- and monospiracular types would have inherited the characteristic concave cell arrangement of the perispiracular area. The Somaloniscus-type and Periscyphis-type lungs are forms specialized for arid environments, directly derived from the Eubelum-type and Aethiopopactes-type, respectively.
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- Pasquino Paoli
- Centro di Studio per la Faunistica ed Ecologia Tropicali del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Florence, Italy
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Taiti S, Allspach A, Ferrara F. A new family placement for the genusColombosciaVandel, 1972, with a description of a new species (Crustacea, Oniscidea, Scleropactidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 1995. [DOI: 10.1080/01650529509360945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ferrara F, Paoli P, Taiti S. Philosciids with pleopodal lungs? The case of the genusAphilosciaBudde-Lund, 1908 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea), with a description of six new species. J NAT HIST 1994. [DOI: 10.1080/00222939400770631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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D'Addio AP, Taiti S, Vitarelli A. [A case of the cardiofacial syndrome (Cayler's syndrome)]. Minerva Pediatr 1993; 45:189-92. [PMID: 8366847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We report a case of cardiofacial syndrome that seems to be genetically transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. It is characterized by hypoplasia of depressor anguli oris muscle and perimembranous ventricular septal defect. We emphasize the importance of performing diagnostic tests in these patients (cardiac assessment, spinal x-ray, renal echo) in order to rule out associated malformations.
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- A P D'Addio
- Sezione Autonoma di Pediatria, Ospedale Generale di Zona Figlie di S. Camillo, Roma
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Garthwaite R, Lawson R, Taiti S. Morphological and genetic relationships among four species ofArmadilloniscusUljanin, 1875 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Scyphacidae). J NAT HIST 1992. [DOI: 10.1080/00222939200770171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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