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Maldonado-Carrizales J, Valdez-Mondragón A, Jiménez-Jiménez ML, Ponce-Saavedra J. Three new species of the spider genus Naphrys Edwards (Araneae, Salticidae) under morphology and molecular data with notes in the distribution of Naphrys acerba (Peckham & Peckham) from Mexico. PeerJ 2025; 13:e18775. [PMID: 39902320 PMCID: PMC11789667 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.18775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2024] [Accepted: 12/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2025] Open
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Herein, we describe three new species of the spider genus Naphrys Edwards, 2003 from Mexico: Naphrys echeri sp. nov., Naphrys tecoxquin sp. nov., and Naphrys tuuca sp. nov. An integrative taxonomic approach was applied, utilizing data from morphology, ultra-morphology, the mitochondrial gene COI, and distribution records. Four molecular methods for species delimitation were implemented under the corrected p-distance Neighbor-Joining (NJ) criteria: (1) Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP); (2) general mixed Yule coalescent (GMYC); (3) Bayesian Poisson tree process (bPTP); and (4) multi-rate Poisson tree process (mPTP). Both morphological and molecular data supported the delimitation and recognition of the three new species. The average interspecific genetic distance (p-distance) within the genus Naphrys is 14%, while the intraspecific genetic distances (p-distance) is <2% for most species. We demonstrate that the natural distribution of Naphrys is not restricted to the Nearctic region. Furthermore, the reported localities herein represent the first with precise locations in the country for Naphrys acerba. In addition, a taxonomic identification key is provided for the species in the genus.
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- Arachnological Collection, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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- Arachnological Collection, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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- Faculty of Biology, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
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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]
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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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- 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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Navarro-Rodríguez CI, Valdez-Mondragón A. Violins we see, species we don't… Species delimitation of the spider genus Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe (Araneae: Sicariidae) from North America using morphological and molecular evidence. Zootaxa 2024; 5428:527-548. [PMID: 39645812 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.4.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 12/10/2024]
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In modern systematics, different sources of evidence are commonly used for the discovery, identification, and delimitation of species, especially when morphology fails to delineate between species or in underestimated species complexes or cryptic species. In this study, morphological data and two DNA barcoding markers-cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2)-were used to delimit species in the spider genus Loxosceles from North America. The molecular species delimitation analyses were carried out using three different methods under the corrected p-distance Neighbor-Joining (NJ) criteria: 1) Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP), 2) General Mixed Yule Coalescent model (GMYC), and 3) Bayesian Poisson Tree Processes (bPTP). The analyses incorporated 192 terminals corresponding to 43 putative species of Loxosceles, of which 15 are newly recognized herein, as putative new species, based on morphology and congruence between molecular methods with COI. The average intraspecific genetic distance (p-distance) was <2%, whereas the average interspecific genetic distance was 15.6%. The GMYC and bPTP molecular methods recovered 65-79 and 69 species respectively, overestimating the diversity in comparison with morphology, whereas the ASAP method delimited 60 species. The morphology of primary sexual structures (males palps and female seminal receptacles) was congruent with most of the molecular methods mainly with COI, showing that they are robust characters for identification at the species level. For species delimitation COI was more informative than ITS2. The diversity of Loxosceles species is still underestimated for North America, particularly in Mexico which holds the highest diversity of this genus worldwide.
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- Claudia Isabel Navarro-Rodríguez
- Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas (Doctorado); Centro Tlaxcala de Biología de la Conducta (CTBC); Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala (UATx); Carretera Federal Tlaxcala-Puebla; Km. 1.5; C.P. 90062; Tlaxcala; Mexico.
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- Colección de Aracnológica (CARCIB); Programa Académico de Planeación Ambiental y Conservación (PLAYCO); Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR) S.C. Km. 1 Carretera a San Juan de La Costa "EL COMITAN"; C.P. 23205; La Paz; Baja California Sur; Mexico.
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Huber BA, Meng G, Dederichs TM, Michalik P, Forman M, Král J. Castaways: the Leeward Antilles endemic spider genus Papiamenta (Araneae: Pholcidae). INVERTEBR SYST 2024; 38:IS23052. [PMID: 38744495 DOI: 10.1071/is23052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Ninetinae is a group of small to tiny short-legged spiders largely restricted to arid habitats. Among daddy-long-legs spiders (Pholcidae) this is by far the least diverse subfamily but this may partly be a result of inadequate collecting, poor representation in collections or scientific neglect. We build on a large recent collection of the ninetine genus Papiamenta Huber, 2000 from the Leeward Antilles and use cytochrome oxidase 1 (COI ) sequences, extensive scanning electron microscopy data, transmission electron microscopy data and karyotyping to analyse this geographically isolated and poorly known island genus. COI sequences support the split between the two morphologically distinct species on Curaçao but genetic distances between these are surprisingly low (7.4-9.8%; mean 8.6%). The type species P. levii (Gertsch, 1982) may include more than one species but COI and morphology suggest conflicting clade limits. A third species, P. bonay Huber sp. nov. is newly described from Bonaire. Our data on sperm ultrastructure and karyology are puzzling as these suggest different phylogenetic affinities of Papiamenta to other genera. Males transfer sperm as individual sperm (cleistosperm), agreeing with the putative closest relatives as suggested by molecular data, the North American genera Pholcophora and Tolteca . The sex chromosome system (X 1 X 2 X 3 Y ) of P. levii , however, is as in the South American Ninetinae genera Gertschiola and Nerudia but different from the putative closest relatives. ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7A6A2E84-3A61-4637-AF6F-0E31A9FA79A8.
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- Bernhard A Huber
- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, LIB, Adenauerallee 127, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
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- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, LIB, Adenauerallee 127, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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Zhu L, Hou Y, Chiba H, Osada Y, Huang Z, Sinev SY, Wang M, Fan X. Molecular and morphological evidence reveals hidden new taxa in Ochlodesochraceus (Bremer, 1861) (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) from China. Zookeys 2023; 1169:203-220. [PMID: 37485399 PMCID: PMC10362428 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1169.102322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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Two new species of Ochlodes Scudder, 1872, Ochlodespseudochraceus Zhu, Fan & Wang, sp. nov. and Ochlodescryptochraceus Zhu, Fan & Chiba, sp. nov., are found in China and described, and Ochlodesrikuchina (Butler, 1878) stat. rev. is restored. A lectotype is designated for Pamphilaochracea Bremer, 1861, and a neotype is designated for Pamphilarikuchina Butler, 1878. Overall, the two new species are similar to Ochlodesochraceus (Bremer, 1861). They, however, can be distinguished from the latter and other species in the genus: O.pseudochraceus has long radial spots in spaces R3-5, and the lateral process of the phallus gradually widens at the distal half in male genitalia; O.cryptochraceus has the lateral process of the phallus enlarged only at the distal tip. Based on the phylogenetic analyses of the mitochondrial COI gene, members of currently defined O.ochraceus are grouped into four clades. The genetic distances between O.pseudochraceus and O.ochraceus, O.cryptochraceus and O.ochraceus, O.rikuchina and O.ochraceus, and O.pseudochraceus and O.cryptochraceus are 3.2%, 2.1%, 1.9%, and 2.7%, respectively. Based on the molecular and morphological evidence, O.pseudochraceus, O.cryptochraceus, and O.rikuchina are treated to be distinct species. The adult habitus and male and female genitalia of the new species are illustrated as well as those of O.ochraceus and O.rikuchina.
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- Lijuan Zhu
- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, ChinaSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, ChinaSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817-0916, USAB. P. Bishop MuseumHonoluluUnited States of America
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- Osaka Museum of Natural History, 1-23 Nagai Park, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 546-0034, JapanOsaka Museum of Natural HistoryOsakaJapan
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, ChinaSouthwest University of Science and TechnologyMianyangChina
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- Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, 199034, Saint-Petersburg, RussiaZoological Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesSaint-PetersburgRussia
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, ChinaSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, ChinaSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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Deep mtDNA Sequence Divergences and Possible Species Radiation of Whip Spiders (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae, Phrynus/Paraphrynus) among Caribbean Oceanic and Cave Islands. TAXONOMY 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy3010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Islands—whether classic oceanic islands or habitat islands such as isolated thermal vents, mountain tops, or caves—often promote the diversification of lineages that colonize them. We examined CO1 mtDNA sequence divergences within the tailless whip spider genus Phrynus Lamarck, 1809 (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) among oceanic islands and among cave ’islands´ distributed across the Caribbean archipelago and on the continental mainland. The significance of this study lies in the extensive taxon sampling of a supposedly depauperate lineage (considering its age), over a large proportion of its geographical range, and the discovery of deep mtDNA sequence divergences. We sampled thousands of specimens—and sequenced 544, including six outgroup species—across 173 localities on 17 islands (135 localities) and five countries on the North to South American mainland (38 localities), including a total of 63 caves. Classical taxonomy identified ten named Phrynus and two Paraphrynus Moreno, 1940 species. Paraphrynus seems to be paraphyletic and nested in Phrynus. Uncorrected genetic distances within named species and among morphological species ranged up to 15% and 19%, respectively. Geographic distances explained a significant portion of genetic distances on islands (19%, among both subterranean and epigean specimens), and for epigean specimens on the mainland (27%). Species delimitation analyses indicated that the 12 named species harbored from 66 to well over 100 putative species. The highest number of species was indicated by the GMYC method (114 species) while the Bayesian Poisson tree processes (bPTP) and the BP&P relaying on the Markov chain Monte Carlo Bayesian Phylogenetic model estimated an upper level of 110 species. On the other hand, the recently recommended and relatively conservative distance-based (phylogeny free) ASAP model has the greatest support for 73 species. In either case, nearly all putative species are tightly limited to a single locality, often a small cave system, and sometimes to the surrounding epigean area. Caribbean Phrynus diversity has likely been vastly underestimated, likely due to both morphological crypsis and the ignorance of Caribbean cave fauna. Although mtDNA sequences can suggest species limits, nuclear DNA sequencing and detailed morphological research are necessary to corroborate them and explore whether this phenomenon constitutes species radiation or perhaps just mtDNA divergences as a consequence of, for example, stationary females and actively dispersing males.
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