Placing Eophila tellinii (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) in a molecular phylogenetic context advances the century-old controversy around the problematic genus

Sosa, Irene de; Cosín, Darío J. Díaz; Csuzdi, Csaba; Paoletti, M. G.; Marchán, Daniel F.

doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2019.103114

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“…[ 14 ] and de Sosa et al . [ 15 ], including representatives of most of the Lumbricidae genera and two members of the closest families (Hormogastridae and Criodrilidae), were downloaded from Genbank and used as a reference data set. The species included are listed in Supporting Information S1 File .…”

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Systematic revision of Gatesona (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae), an endemic earthworm genus from the Massif Central (France)

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The Massif Central in France could potentially harbor numerous ancient endemic lineages owing to its long history of continuous geological stability. Several endemic earthworm species inhabit the area, with Allolobophora (Gatesona) chaetophora, Helodrilus (Acystodrilus) and Avelona ligra showing hints of a common evolutionary origin. However, the phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic status of the species remain to be studied through integrative molecular and morphological methods. To this end, eight species including most of the known species and subspecies of All. (Gatesona), Helodrilus (Acystodrilus) musicus, and Avelona ligra were sequenced for a set of five molecular markers. The species were grouped on the basis of the molecular findings in a phylogenetic framework. All. (Gatesona) was included within the same clade as Helodrilus (Acystodrilus) and Avelona, separated from Allolobophora sensu stricto, supporting its status as a good genus. Branch lengths and average pairwise genetic distances suggested the subspecies of All. (Gatesona) chaetophora examined should be considered species-level taxa. Thus, a generic diagnosis for Gatesona stat. nov. is provided, along with redescriptions of Gatesona chaetophora comb. nov., Gatesona rutena comb. nov. stat. nov., Gatesona lablacherensis comb. nov. stat. nov. and Gatesona serninensis comb. nov. stat. nov. The study findings highlight the need for further sampling of earthworm diversity in the Massif Central (and Southern France), in addition to an increased focus on the Eastern European species of Helodrilus.

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“…The remaining trees were combined and summarized on a 50% majority-rule consensus tree. Clade support values over 70% and 90% (for Bootstrap and Posterior probability respectively) were considered high (see [ 15 , 24 ]).…”

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Systematic revision of Gatesona (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae), an endemic earthworm genus from the Massif Central (France)

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“…Sequences reported by Domínguez et al (2015), Domínguez et al (2018), Pérez‐Losada et al (2009), Pérez‐Losada et al (2011), Pérez‐Losada et al (2015), Paoletti et al (2016), de Sosa et al (2019), Bozorgi et al (2019), Jiménez et al (2021), and Marchán et al (2020, in press) including representatives of most of the Lumbricidae genera and two members of the closest families (Hormogastridae and Criodrilidae) were downloaded from GenBank and used as a reference dataset. The list of species and reference to the publication on which they were provided are shown in Appendix .…”

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The disjunct distribution of relict earthworm genera clarifies the early historical biogeography of the Lumbricidae (Crassiclitellata, Annelida)

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Decaëns

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The historical biogeography of the Lumbricidae, the main Palearctic earthworm family, may be linked to the paleogeography of their putative ancestral range in Iberia–southeastern France–Corsica–Sardinia. Although molecular phylogenetics has recently been used to analyze most endemic genera in this area, the genus Kritodrilus has not yet been studied. The generotype Kritodrilus calarensis and other closely related species inhabit southeastern France. However, other species from the Iberian Peninsula (e.g., Kr. osellai) have been assigned to Kritodrilus, the same for the Vindobonic (Hungarian–Austrian–Czech–Slovakian) Dendrobaena mrazeki. In order to unravel the paleobiogeographic, evolutionary, and taxonomic significance of Kritodrilus, the aforementioned species (and three potential relatives) were sequenced for seven molecular markers. Molecular phylogenetic inference recovered a clade of French Kritodrilus (including Et. setusmontanus) closely related to the Northwestern Iberian Galiciandrilus and Compostelandrilus, the latter being a sister clade to the Vindobonic species (described as a new genus). Time‐calibrated phylogenetic inference estimated that these three clades diverged around 55 Ma. Ecological niche models for these clades were mainly influenced by the same environmental variables, but showed non‐overlapping highly suitable areas (except for Kritodrilus). Ancestral area reconstruction inferred the origin of the Lumbricidae in Corsica–Sardinia and the Iberian Peninsula, with eventual expansion eastwards toward France, Central Europe, and the Carpato‐Balkanic area. For Kritodrilus and its relatives, this expansion may have been contemporaneous with the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum. Later climatic changes may explain the strikingly disjunct ranges. This work highlights the evolutionary and biogeographic significance of these isolated earthworm lineages and the importance of their preservation.

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“…Sequences reported by Domínguez et al (2015), pérez-Losada et al (2009, paoletti et al (2016) and De Sosa et al (2019), including representatives from most of the Lumbricidae genera and two members of the closest families (hormogastridae Vejdovsky, 1884 and Criodrilidae Michaelsen, 1900) were downloaded from genBank and used as a reference dataset. Included species are shown in Appendix 1.…”

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“…The remaining trees were combined and summarized on a 50% majority-rule consensus tree. Clade support (Bootstrap and Posterior probability) values over 70% and 90% respectively were considered as high (see Marchán et al 2018;De Sosa et al 2019).…”

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French Mediterranean islands as a refuge of relic earthworm species: Cataladrilus porquerollensis sp. nov. and Scherotheca portcrosana sp. nov. (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae)

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Decaëns

Hedde

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The area comprising the Pyrenees, Northeast Spain, Southern France and Corsica-Sardinia supports a large part of the diversity of Lumbricidae earthworms, including most species of the endemic genera Prosellodrilus, Cataladrilus and Scherotheca. In this region, the probability of encountering new species for science is significant, especially in scarcely sampled localities. In this study, we describe two unidentified species recently collected in the Hyères Archipelago (France), which we assigned to the genera Cataladrilus and Scherotheca based on morphological characters and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Other species of Scherotheca from Montpellier (including the type species of the genus, Sc. gigas gigas) were included in the analysis to clarify their conflicting systematics. A reduced molecular marker set (COI, 16S, 28S and ND1) proved as successful as larger marker sets for identifying phylogenetic relationships within the Lumbricidae. Remarkable disjunctions between both Cataladrilus porquerollensis Marchán & Decäens sp. nov., Scherotheca portcrosana Marchán & Decäens sp. nov. and their most closely related relatives, suggesting a strong influence of paleogeographic events on the earthworm fauna of the area and a possible role of near-shore islands as refugia for relict taxa. Genetic distances and branch lengths supported the elevation of some subspecies of Scherotheca to specific status as well as the retention of other subspecies, highlighting the importance of testing for such delimitation with molecular methods.

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Placing Eophila tellinii (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) in a molecular phylogenetic context advances the century-old controversy around the problematic genus

Cited by 14 publications

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Systematic revision of Gatesona (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae), an endemic earthworm genus from the Massif Central (France)

Systematic revision of Gatesona (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae), an endemic earthworm genus from the Massif Central (France)

The disjunct distribution of relict earthworm genera clarifies the early historical biogeography of the Lumbricidae (Crassiclitellata, Annelida)

French Mediterranean islands as a refuge of relic earthworm species: Cataladrilus porquerollensis sp. nov. and Scherotheca portcrosana sp. nov. (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae)

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