1. Molecular and Morphological Inference of Three Cryptic Species within the Merodon aureus Species Group (Diptera: Syrphidae)
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Mihajla Đan, Snežana Radenković, Gunilla Ståhls, Ante Vujić, Ljiljana Šašić, Dragana Obreht Vidaković, Jelena Ačanski, Dubravka Milić, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology, and Gunilla Ståhls-Mäkelä / Principal Investigator more...
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Species Delimitation ,Speciation ,Identification key ,lcsh:Medicine ,Eye ,01 natural sciences ,Genus ,Species group ,Wings, Animal ,lcsh:Science ,Phylogeny ,Data Management ,Merodon ,Multidisciplinary ,biology ,Ecology ,Phylogenetic Analysis ,New Species Reports ,Biological Evolution ,Mitochondria ,Eristalinae ,Genes, Mitochondrial ,Hoverflies ,1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology ,Female ,ENVIRONMENTAL NICHE ,Ecological Niches ,Research Article ,IBERIAN MERODON ,Species complex ,Computer and Information Sciences ,Evolutionary Processes ,MEIGEN ,Imaging Techniques ,Integrative taonomy ,INTEGRATIVE TAXONOMY ,Niche ,CONSERVATION ,Zoology ,Research and Analysis Methods ,010603 evolutionary biology ,DELIMITATION ,Electron Transport Complex IV ,03 medical and health sciences ,GENUS ,Merodon aureus ,Cryptic Speciation ,Genetics ,DIVERGENCE ,Animals ,Syrphidae ,Molecular Biology Techniques ,Molecular Biology ,Taxonomy ,Geometric morphometrics ,Evolutionary Biology ,Molecular Biology Assays and Analysis Techniques ,COMPLEX ,Population Biology ,Base Sequence ,Morphometry ,Diptera ,Ecology and Environmental Sciences ,lcsh:R ,Biology and Life Sciences ,DNA ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,15. Life on land ,biology.organism_classification ,Ecological niche analysis ,LESVOS GREECE ,030104 developmental biology ,Taxon ,Haplotypes ,lcsh:Q ,Population Genetics - Abstract
TheMerodon aureusspecies group (Diptera: Syrphidae: Eristalinae) comprises a number of different sub-groups and species complexes. In this study we focus on resolving the taxonomic status of the entity previously identified asM.cinereusB, here identified asM.atratusspecies complex. We used an integrative approach based on morphological descriptions, combined with supporting characters that were obtained from molecular analyses of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene as well as from geometric morphometry of wing and surstylus shapes and environmental niche comparisons. All applied data and methods distinguished and supported three morphologically cryptic species:M.atratusstat. nov.,M.virgatussp. nov.andM.balkanicussp. nov., which constitute theM.atratusspecies complex. We present an identification key for the sub-groups and species complexes of theM.aureusspecies group occurring in Europe, describe the taxa and discuss the utility of the applied methods for species delimitation. The estimated divergence times for the species splits of these taxa coincide with the Pleistocene Günz-Mindel interglaciation and the Great interglaciation (between the Ris and Mindel glacial periods). more...
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- 2016