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Cryptic diversity within three South American whip spider species (Arachnida, Amblypygi)
Sophie MontuireFlorian ReveillionRémi WattierLoïc BollacheLeonardo S. Carvalhosubject
0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineArachnidZoology[SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics Phylogenetics and taxonomySpatial distribution010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesHidden diversity03 medical and health sciencesAmblypygiSpecies SpecificityGenuslcsh:ZoologyAnimalsDNA barcodinglcsh:QL1-991Whip (tree)Letters to the EditorEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsPhylogenySpiderEcologyPhylogenetic treebiologyAmazon basin forestGenetic VariationSpidersDNAbiology.organism_classification030104 developmental biologyTaxonAnimal Science and Zoology[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecologydescription
4 pages; International audience; Cryptic diversity (CD), the presence of highly divergent phylogenetic lineages within closed morphological species, has been documented for many taxa. Great arachnid orders such as Araneae or Scorpiones are well studied and many cases of CD have been described therein; to date, however, related research on smaller arachnid orders, such as whip spiders (Amblypygi), remains lacking. In the current study, we investigated CD based on cytochrome oxidase 1 (COI) in three nominal species of the genus Heterophrynus (H. alces, H. batesii, and H. longicornis), represented by 65 specimens. The sequences were compared using three different methods. All three species showed geographically structured CD. Thus, given its existence in this genus, it is important that CD and its spatial distribution be considered in future studies and possible conservation projects.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-01 | Zoological Research |