First results of the German Barcode of Life (GBOL) – Myriapoda project: Cryptic lineages in German Stenotaenia
linearis (Koch, 1835) (Chilopoda,Geophilomorpha) |
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Authors: | Thomas Wesener Karin Voigtl?nder Peter Decker Jan Philip Oeyen J?rg Spelda Norman Lindner |
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Institution: | 1.Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Center for Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research (Section Myriapoda), Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany ;2.Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Am Museum 1, 02826 Görlitz, Germany ;3.Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 Munich, Germany ;4.Lazarusstraße 34, 04347 Leipzig, Germany |
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Abstract: | As part of the German Barcode of Life (GBOL) Myriapoda program, which aims to sequence the COI barcoding fragment for 2000 specimens of Germany’s 200 myriapod species in the near future, 44 sequences of the centipede order Geophilomorpha are analyzed. The analyses are limited to the genera Geophilus Leach, 1814 and Stenotaenia Koch, 1847 and include a total of six species. A special focus is Stenotaenia, of which 19 specimens from southern, western and eastern Germany could be successfully sequenced. The Stenotaenia data shows the presence of three to four vastly different (13.7–16.7% p-distance) lineages of the genus in Germany. At least two of the three lineages show a wide distribution across Germany, only the lineage including topotypes of Stenotaenia
linearis shows a more restricted distribution in southern Germany. In a maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis the Italian species Stenotaenia ‘sorrentina’ (Attems, 1903) groups with the different German Stenotaenia
linearis clades. The strongly different Stenotaenia
linearis lineages within Germany, independent of geography, are a strong hint for the presence of additional, cryptic Stenotaenia species in Germany. |
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Keywords: | Barcode biodiversity COI cryptic diversity |
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