New Complex of Cryptic Species Discovered in Genus Biblis (Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae) in Mexico
Por:
Alvarez-Garcia, Hugo, Machkour-M'Rabet, Salima, Luis Martinez, Armando, Pozo, Carmen
Publicada:
1 ago 2022
Categoría:
Insect science
Resumen:
Our research focuses on demonstrating the existence of cryptic species
named under Biblis aganisa Boisduval. We used COI sequences to delimit
Biblis species for Mexico using species delimitation analyses and
examined phylogenetic relationships with sequences from Mexico, Costa
Rica, Argentina, USA, and Guana Island using a Bayesian inference tree.
We performed a discriminant analysis with quantitative traits using
female and male wing and genitalia, and a tree of maximum parsimony
based on 39 qualitative characters of wings, head, and male genitalia.
The results were congruent in the three analyses. Three groups were
formed based on DNA, ECO 01 + DHJ02, ECO 02 + DHJ01, and ECO 03. The
characters that contributed over 50% separation were for wings: wing
length, anal margin length, and distance from the band to the outer
margin; for male genitalia, angle of the integument, uncus, and the
length of the hypandrium, while for females, it was the angle of the
anteapophysis and the length of the abdomen. For the analysis of
qualitative characters, a tree of maximum parsimony was obtained where
20 characters were informative. We confirmed the existence of three
cryptic Biblis species in Mexico, two not yet described, and one
corresponding to B. aganisa (ECO 02), which is sympatric in Oaxaca and
Sinaloa (ECO 03) and in the Yucatan Peninsula (ECO 01).
Filiaciones:
Alvarez-Garcia, Hugo:
El Colegio Frontera Sur ECOSUR, Dept Conservac Biodiversidad, Chetmal, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Machkour-M'Rabet, Salima:
El Colegio Frontera Sur ECOSUR, Dept Conservac Biodiversidad, Chetmal, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Luis Martinez, Armando:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Dept Biol Evolut, Museo Zool Alfonso L Herrera, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Pozo, Carmen:
El Colegio Frontera Sur ECOSUR, Dept Conservac Biodiversidad, Chetmal, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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