Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Asian Paraleucophenga Hendel (Diptera,Drosophilidae) |
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| Authors: | FENG ZHAO JIAN‐JUN GAO HONG‐WEI CHEN |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China;2. These authors contributed equally to the present study.;3. Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bioresource, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650091, China |
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| Abstract: | This paper reports on nine Asian species of the genus Paraleucophenga, of which four are new to science: Paraleucophenga brevipenis sp. nov. , Paraleucophenga hirtipenis sp. nov. , Paraleucophenga longiseta sp. nov. , and Paraleucophenga tanydactylia sp. nov. We also report on a new synonym, Paraleucophenga shanyinensis Chen & Toda, 1994 syn. nov. A key to all of the species examined, based on morphological data, is provided, together with a ‘molecular’ key to seven Paraleudophenga species based on DNA sequence data of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) gene. The phylogenetic relationships among seven Paraleucophenga species are reconstructed based on DNA sequences of the mitochondrial ND2 gene, using two Leucophenga species as outgroups. © 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 155 , 615–629. |
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| Keywords: | East Asia mtDNA new species new synonym Steganinae |
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