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Pertegal C, Barranco P, De Mas E, Moya-Laraño J. More Than 200 Years Later: Gluvia brunnea sp. nov. (Solifugae, Daesiidae), a Second Species of Camel Spider from the Iberian Peninsula. INSECTS 2024; 15:284. [PMID: 38667414 PMCID: PMC11050627 DOI: 10.3390/insects15040284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
Abstract
We present the description of a new species of Solifugae from the Iberian Peninsula, Gluvia brunnea sp. nov., which has been found so far in southeast Spain. The morphological description is accompanied by molecular and multiple factor analyses, jointly giving full support to the specific status of the taxon. Finally, we discuss the intraspecific variability of both species, G. dorsalis and G. brunnea sp. nov., and the recent history of the genus. We also discuss the usefulness of multiple factor analysis for quantitatively separating species, and we stress that some specimens of this new species were found in Mesovoid Shallow Substratum stations, representing the very first time that Solifugae have been captured in this type of trap.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cristian Pertegal
- Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, (EEZA-CSIC) Ctra. de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain; (E.D.M.); (J.M.-L.)
- Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio C-1, Campus de Rabanales, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, CITE-IIB, Centro de Colecciones, CECOUAL, Universidad de Almería, Ctra. Sacramento, s/n, La Cañada, 04120 Almería, Spain;
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- Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, (EEZA-CSIC) Ctra. de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain; (E.D.M.); (J.M.-L.)
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- Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, (EEZA-CSIC) Ctra. de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain; (E.D.M.); (J.M.-L.)
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Kulkarni SS, Yamasaki T, Thi Hong Phung L, Karuaera N, Daniels SR, Gavish-Regev E, Sharma PP. Phylogenomic data reveal three new families of poorly studied Solifugae (camel spiders). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2024; 191:107989. [PMID: 38072141 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
Abstract
The systematics of the arachnid order Solifugae have been an enigma, owing to challenges in interpreting morphology, a paucity of molecular phylogenetic studies sampling across the group, and a dearth of taxonomic attention for many lineages. Recent work has suggested that solifuge families largely exhibit contiguous distributions and reflect patterns of vicariance, with the exception of three families: Melanoblossidae, Daesiidae and Gylippidae. Morphological studies have cast doubt on their existing circumscriptions and the present composition of these taxa renders their distributions as disjunct. We leveraged ultraconserved elements (UCEs) to test the phylogenetic placement of three key lineages of Solifugae that cause these anomalous distributions: Dinorhax rostrumpsittaci (putative melanoblossid), Namibesia (putative daesiid), and Trichotoma (putative gylippid). Phylogenetic placement of these three genera based on UCEs rendered the families that harbor them as para- or polyphyletic, recovering instead relationships that better accord with a biogeographic history driven by vicariance. Toward a stable and phylogenetically informed classification of Solifugae, we establish three new families, Dinorhaxidae new rank, Namibesiidae new rank and Lipophagidae new rank.
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- Siddharth S Kulkarni
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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- Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo, Yayoigaoka 6, Sanda-shi, Hyogo 669-1546, Japan; Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, Yayoigaoka 6, Sanda-shi, Hyogo 669-1546, Japan
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Department of Arachnology & Myriapodology & Ichthyology Natural Science, The National Museum of Namibia, 59 Robert Mugabe Ave, Windhoek, Namibia
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- Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- The National Natural History Collections, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Giv'at Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Zoology Museum, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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