Erratum to: A new cryptic species of yellow-eared bat Vampyressa melissa species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia

Crossbreeding experiments were used to estimate cryptic species in water bodies of Ukraine and Russia because the most useful criterion in species independence is reproductive isolation. The problem of cryptic species in the genus Eucyclops was examined using interpopulation crosses of populations collected from Baltic Sea basin (pond of Strelka river basin) and Black Sea basin (water-reservoires of Dnieper, Dniester and Danube rivers basins). The results of reciprocal crosses in Eucyclops serrulatus-group are shown that E. serrulatus from different populations but from water bodies belonging to the same river basin crossed each others successfully. The interpopulation crosses of E. serrulatus populations collected from different river basins (Dnipro, Danube and Dniester river basins) were sterile. In this group of experiments we assigned evidence of sterility to four categories: 1) incomplete copulation or absence of copulation; 2) nonviable eggs; 3) absence of egg membranes or egg sacs 4) empty egg membranes. These crossbreeding studies suggest the presence of cryptic species in the E. serrulatus inhabiting ecologically different populations in many parts of its range. The same crossbreeding experiments were carries out between Eucyclops serrulatus and morphological similar species – Eucyclops macruroides from Baltic and Black Sea basins. The reciprocal crossings between these two species were sterile. Thus taxonomic heterogeneity among species of genus Eucyclops lower in E. macruroides than in E. serrulatus. The interpopulation crosses of E. macruroides populations collected from distant part of range were fertile. These crossbreeding studies suggest that E. macruroides species complex was evaluated as more stable than E. serrulatus species complex.

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Multiple cryptic species with divergent substrate affinities in the Serpula himantioides species complex

Fungal Biology ◽

10.1016/j.funbio.2010.10.004 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 115 (1) ◽

pp. 54-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Tor Carlsen ◽

Ingeborg Bjorvand Engh ◽

Cony Decock ◽

Mario Rajchenberg ◽

Håvard Kauserud

Keyword(s):

Cryptic Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Substrate Affinities

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Description of Three Pristionchus Species (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) from Japan that Form a Cryptic Species Complex with the Model Organism P. pacificus

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE ◽

10.2108/zsj.29.403 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 403 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Natsumi Kanzaki ◽

Erik J. Ragsdale ◽

Matthias Herrmann ◽

Werner E. Mayer ◽

Ralf J. Sommer

Keyword(s):

Cryptic Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Model Organism ◽

Cryptic Species Complex

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Bioacoustic investigations and taxonomic considerations on the Cicadetta montana species complex (Homoptera: Cicadoidea: Tibicinidae)

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências ◽

10.1590/s0001-37652004000200020 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 76 (2) ◽

pp. 316-324 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Matija Gogala ◽

Tomi Trilar

Keyword(s):

Cryptic Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

Similar Case ◽

Genetic Differences ◽

Species Level ◽

Sister Species ◽

Type Locality

Recent bioacoustic investigations have shown that Cicadetta montana Scopoli 1772 is a complex of morphologically similar sister species that are best characterized by their song patterns. At the type locality of C. montana, only mountain cicadas with simple, long lasting song phrases were heard, recorded and collected. Therefore, we have good reasons to suggest that this type of song is characteristic for C. montana s. str. Boulard described a song of C. montana from France with phrases composed of a long and a short echeme; this type of song is characteristic for cicadas morphologically corresponding to C. montana var. brevipennis Fieber 1876; we suggest to raise this taxon to species level. On the basis of specific song, Puissant and Boulard described C. cerdaniensis from Pyrénées. A similar case was the discovery and description of C. montana macedonica Schedl 1999 from Macedonia; since these Macedonian cicadas are sympatric with at least two other cryptic species in the C. montana group and molecular investigations showed substantial genetic differences between C. macedonica and C. montana or C. brevipennis, we conclude that this taxon should also be raised to species level. Songs of closely related C. podolica and Korean mountain cicada are presented as well.

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Differential response to heat stress among evolutionary lineages of an aquatic invertebrate species complex

Biology Letters ◽

10.1098/rsbl.2018.0498 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (11) ◽

pp. 20180498 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Sofia Paraskevopoulou ◽

Ralph Tiedemann ◽

Guntram Weithoff

Keyword(s):

Heat Stress ◽

Cryptic Species ◽

Heat Tolerance ◽

Species Complex ◽

Environmental Changes ◽

Integrative Taxonomy ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

Apparent Temperature ◽

Phenotypic Trait ◽

Evolutionary Lineages

Under global warming scenarios, rising temperatures can constitute heat stress to which species may respond differentially. Within a described species, knowledge on cryptic diversity is of further relevance, as different lineages/cryptic species may respond differentially to environmental change. The Brachionus calyciflorus species complex (Rotifera), which was recently described using integrative taxonomy, is an essential component of aquatic ecosystems. Here, we tested the hypothesis that these (formerly cryptic) species differ in their heat tolerance. We assigned 47 clones with nuclear ITS1 (nuITS1) and mitochondrial COI (mtCOI) markers to evolutionary lineages, now named B. calyciflorus sensu stricto (s.s.) and B. fernandoi . We selected 15 representative clones and assessed their heat tolerance as a bi-dimensional phenotypic trait affected by both the intensity and duration of heat stress. We found two distinct groups, with B. calyciflorus s.s. clones having higher heat tolerance than the novel species B. fernandoi . This apparent temperature specialization among former cryptic species underscores the necessity of a sound species delimitation and assignment, when organismal responses to environmental changes are investigated.

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