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

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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Verification of the cryptic species Penaeus pulchricaudatus in the commercially important kuruma shrimp P. japonicus (Decapoda : Penaeidae) using molecular taxonomy

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is14001 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

pp. 476 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

K. H. Tsoi ◽

K. Y. Ma ◽

T. H. Wu ◽

S. T. Fennessy ◽

K. H. Chu ◽

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Keyword(s):

South China Sea ◽

Cryptic Species ◽

Red Sea ◽

South China ◽

Species Complex ◽

Type Locality ◽

Eastern Coast ◽

China Sea ◽

Kuruma Shrimp ◽

The Mediterranean

The kuruma shrimp Penaeus japonicus Bate, 1888 (Decapoda : Penaeidae) is economically important in the global shrimp market. It was regarded as the only species in the subgenus Marsupenaeus. However, our previous molecular analyses revealed two cryptic species (Forms I and II) in this species complex. In this study, we confirm the phylogenetic relatedness between the two cryptic species; revise their taxonomic status; and review their range distribution. The name Penaeus pulchricaudatus Stebbing, 1914 (with type-locality off the eastern coast of South Africa), previously considered as a junior synonym of P. japonicus, is fixed for Form II through a neotype selection. P. japonicus (Form I) is only confined to the East China Sea (including Japan, its type-locality) and the northern South China Sea. P. pulchricaudatus is widely distributed in the South China Sea, Australia, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, and the western Indian Ocean. Phylogenetic analysis shows that P. japonicus is genetically homogeneous yet P. pulchricaudatus exhibits a strong phylogeographical structure. The Mediterranean stock of P. pulchricaudatus originated from the Red Sea population, supporting the Lessepsian migration hypothesis. The presence of two closely related cryptic species in the P. japonicus species complex provides important insights into fishery management and aquaculture development.

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First records of Elachistinae from New Caledonia: evidence of repeated dispersal events with Australia (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4300.4.4 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4300 (4) ◽

pp. 536

Author(s):

LAURI KAILA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Complex ◽

New Caledonia ◽

Species Level ◽

Sister Species ◽

Dispersal Events ◽

First Time

The first records of Elachistinae (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) are reported from New Caledonia. Eight species are recognized. Elachista cynopa Meyrick is reported outside Australia for the first time. All other species are described as new: Elachista concubia sp. nov., E. achlyodes sp. nov., E. scoteina sp. nov., E. cardiaca sp. nov., E. dilobates sp. nov., E. vespertina sp. nov. and E. fugax sp. nov. All the new species have sister-species level relatives in Australia. E. fugax is attributed to Elachista sg. Elachista. All other species are placed in Elachista sg. Atachia. Following Kaila’s (2011) system E. achlyodes and E. concubia belong to the E. catarata section of the E. gerasmia group; E. cardiaca, E. dilobates, E. scoteina and E. vespertina belong to the E. gerasmia section of E. gerasmia group. Further, E. cardiaca is a member of the E. paragauda species complex, E. scoteina a member of the E. gerasmia species complex, and E. dilobates, E. vespertina of the E. cynopa species complex; E. dilobates is morphologically close to E. toryna Kaila. This pattern suggests at least six separate dispersal events between Australia and New Caledonia.

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Revision of the Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880 species complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae), with revalidation of A. arenensis (Chace, 1937)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1694.1.3 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1694 (1) ◽

pp. 51 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

ARTHUR ANKER ◽

CARLA HURT ◽

NANCY KNOWLTON

Keyword(s):

Species Complex ◽

Florida Keys ◽

Color Pattern ◽

Sister Species ◽

Eastern Pacific ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Type Locality ◽

Color Patterns ◽

Western Atlantic

The Alpheus websteri Kingsley, 1880 species complex is revised. Alpheus websteri s. str. is redefined and restricted to the western Atlantic, ranging from the type locality in the Florida Keys to northeastern Brazil. The eastern Pacific A. arenensis (Chace, 1937), formerly a synonym of A. websteri, and the eastern Atlantic A. fagei Crosnier and Forest, 1966, are shown to be distinct from A. websteri morphologically, genetically and also by color pattern. Morphology, genetics and color patterns all suggest that A. websteri and A. arenensis are transisthmian sister species, with A. fagei being their closest relative. Complete synonymy, color photographs and GenBank barcodes (COI) are provided for all three species.

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Identification of sibling species in the genus Eucyclops from water-bodies of Ukraine and Russia using crossbreeding studies

Ecology and Noospherology ◽

10.15421/031406 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 (1-2) ◽

pp. 61-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

V. I. Monchenko ◽

L. P. Gaponova ◽

V. R. Alekseev

Keyword(s):

Cryptic Species ◽

River Basin ◽

Black Sea ◽

Species Complex ◽

River Basins ◽

Water Bodies ◽

Similar Species ◽

Basin Water ◽

Different Populations ◽

Baltic Sea Basin

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

Journal of Mammalogy ◽

10.1093/jmammal/gyab016 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Darwin M Morales-Martínez ◽

Miguel E Rodríguez-Posada ◽

Héctor E Ramírez-Chaves

Keyword(s):

Cryptic Species ◽

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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Colouration, chaetotaxy and molecular data provide species-level resolution in a species complex of Dicranocentrus (Collembola : Entomobryidae)

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is18019 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (6) ◽

pp. 1298 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Feng Zhang ◽

Daoyuan Yu ◽

Mark I. Stevens ◽

Yinhuan Ding

Keyword(s):

Species Complex ◽

Instar Larva ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Integrative Taxonomy ◽

Species Level ◽

Integrative Approach ◽

Gene Markers ◽

Late Neogene ◽

Taxonomic Approach ◽

Colour Patterns

Integrative taxonomic approaches are increasingly providing species-level resolution to ‘cryptic’ diversity. In the absence of an integrative taxonomic approach, formal species validation is often lacking because of inadequate morphological diagnoses. Colouration and chaetotaxy are the most commonly used characters in collembolan taxonomy but can cause confusion in species diagnoses because these characters often have large intraspecific variation. Here, we take an integrative approach to the genus Dicranocentrus in China where four species have been previously recognised, but several members of the genus have been morphologically grouped as a species complex based on having paired outer teeth on unguis and seven colour patterns. Molecular delimitations based on distance- and evolutionary models recovered four candidate lineages from three gene markers and revealed that speciation events likely occurred during the late Neogene (4–13million years ago). Comparison of intact dorsal chaetotaxy, whose homologies were erected on the basis of first instar larva, further validated these candidates as formal species: D. gaoligongensis, sp. nov., D. similis, sp. nov., D. pallidus, sp. nov. and D. varicolor, sp. nov., and increase the number of Dicranocentrus species from China to eight. Our study further highlights the importance of adequate taxonomy in linking morphological and molecular characters within integrative taxonomy.

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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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