Taxonomic revision of the Carpathian endemic Pedicia (Crunobia) staryi species–group (Diptera, Pediciidae) based on morphology and molecular data

Dénes, Avar-Lehel; Kolcsár, Levente-Péter; Török, Edina; Keresztes, Lujza

doi:10.3897/zookeys.569.7458

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“…Morphological studies are far more informative in understanding diversity than a species known only as a number. Barcoding, of course, is a powerful and useful tool in aiding species identity (including for inventories) and association of sexes and poorly known immatures with adults but we see it as just one useful instrument in a much larger toolbox (e.g., Dénes et al 2016;Germann et al 2010;Heller & Rulik 2016;Jürgenstein et al 2015;Kehlmaier & Assmann 2008;Petersen et al 2007;Salmela et al 2014;Ståhls & Haarto 2014;Stur & Borkent 2014;Stur & Ekrem 2015;Willassen 2005). Barcode clusters are hypotheses of species identity that need to be confirmed by taxonomists working with more complete sets of evidence.…”

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Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science

Borkent

Brown

Adler

et al. 2018

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Study of all flies (Diptera) collected for one year from a four-hectare (150 x 266 meter) patch of cloud forest at 1,600 meters above sea level at Zurquí de Moravia, San José Province, Costa Rica (hereafter referred to as Zurquí), revealed an astounding 4,332 species. This amounts to more than half the number of named species of flies for all of Central America. Specimens were collected with two Malaise traps running continuously and with a wide array of supplementary collecting methods for three days of each month. All morphospecies from all 73 families recorded were fully curated by technicians before submission to an international team of 59 taxonomic experts for identification.Overall, a Malaise trap on the forest edge captured 1,988 species or 51% of all collected dipteran taxa (other than of Phoridae, subsampled only from this and one other Malaise trap). A Malaise trap in the forest sampled 906 species. Of other sampling methods, the combination of four other Malaise traps and an intercept trap, aerial/hand collecting, 10 emergence traps, and four CDC light traps added the greatest number of species to our inventory. This complement of sampling methods was an effective combination for retrieving substantial numbers of species of Diptera. Comparison of select sampling methods (considering 3,487 species of non-phorid Diptera) provided further details regarding how many species were sampled by various methods.Comparison of species numbers from each of two permanent Malaise traps from Zurquí with those of single Malaise traps at each of Tapantí and Las Alturas, 40 and 180 km distant from Zurquí respectively, suggested significant species turnover. Comparison of the greater number of species collected in all traps from Zurquí did not markedly change the degree of similarity between the three sites, although the actual number of species shared did increase.Comparisons of the total number of named and unnamed species of Diptera from four hectares at Zurquí is equivalent to 51% of all flies named from Central America, greater than all the named fly fauna of Colombia, equivalent to 14% of named Neotropical species and equal to about 2.7% of all named Diptera worldwide. Clearly the number of species of Diptera in tropical regions has been severely underestimated and the actual number may surpass the number of species of Coleoptera.Various published extrapolations from limited data to estimate total numbers of species of larger taxonomic categories (e.g., Hexapoda, Arthropoda, Eukaryota, etc.) are highly questionable, and certainly will remain uncertain until we have more exhaustive surveys of all and diverse taxa (like Diptera) from multiple tropical sites.Morphological characterization of species in inventories provides identifications placed in the context of taxonomy, phylogeny, form, and ecology. DNA barcoding species is a valuable tool to estimate species numbers but used alone fails to provide a broader context for the species identified.

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Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science

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Adler

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“…Modern taxonomic studies on insects have been highly developed by integrating data derived from morphology, behavior, ecology, and geographic variation, which in turn is reinforced with complementary information from DNA sequences (Stoeckle 2003). Several published papers on Tipuloidea also show that the characterization of molecular data will likely contribute to our knowledge of the biodiversity and range extension of this group (Pilipenko et al 2012, Goodman and Grady 2013, Wirta et al 2016, Denes et al 2016). We anticipate future intensive field collection and investigation would undoubtedly increase the species numbers and range extension of Tipula (Vestiplex) in China.…”

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Two new species of Tipula (Vestiplex) from Southern China based on morphological and molecular data, with redescription of Tipula (Vestiplex) bicalcarata (Diptera, Tipulidae, Tipulinae)

Men¹,

Young²,

Starkevich³

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Two new species of subgenus Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi, 1924, Tipula (Vestiplex) leigongshanensis Men & Young, sp. n. and Tipula (Vestiplex) maoershanensis Men & Young, sp. n. are described and illustrated. Tipula (Vestiplex) bicalcarata Savchenko, 1965 is redescribed and illustrated based on additional morphological characters. Partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences of these three species are provided. Pairwise genetic distances among two new species and related species, Tipula (Vestiplex) bicalcarata, Tipula (Vestiplex) coxitalis Alexander, 1935, and Tipula (Vestiplex) sternotuberculata Alexander, 1935 range from 0.028 to 0.091 using Kimura-2-parameter model. Diagnostic features of the sperm pump for taxonomic use are discussed.

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“…Th e Hungarian Pediciidae fauna is rather poor compared to the neighbouring countries, which have extensive and higher mountain ranges -Romania has 44, Slovakia 43, Austria 40 and Ukraine 29 species of Pediciidae. Similar number of or fewer species are known from the less studied Balkan countries: Serbia has 13, Slovenia 11 and Croatia only 8 species (Dénes et al 2016, Kolcsár et al 2012, Oosterbroek 2016). *…”

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“…Th e male terminalia were macerated in 10% KOH and put on glycerol prior to investigation of the details of the reproductive structures. For identifi cation Dénes et al (2016), Oosterbroek (2016), Paramonov (2009), Ujvárosi & Bálint (2012) were used.…”

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New records of Pediciidae (Diptera: Tipuloidea) from Hungary

Kolcsár¹,

Keresztes²

2016

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Taxonomic revision of the Carpathian endemic Pedicia (Crunobia) staryi species–group (Diptera, Pediciidae) based on morphology and molecular data

Cited by 6 publications

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Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science

Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science

Two new species of Tipula (Vestiplex) from Southern China based on morphological and molecular data, with redescription of Tipula (Vestiplex) bicalcarata (Diptera, Tipulidae, Tipulinae)

New records of Pediciidae (Diptera: Tipuloidea) from Hungary

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