Females do count: Documenting Chironomidae (Diptera) species diversity using DNA barcoding
Author
Hebert, Torbjørn Ekrem Elisabeth Stur Paul D. N.
text
Organisms Diversity & Evolution
2010
2010-10-23
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5
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-010-0034-y
journal article
300064
10.1007/s13127-010-0034-y
437f1b0f-209d-4b9e-ae7e-050d4faa2260
1618-1077
12763952
Tanypodinae
Prior to the present study,
Procladius
cf.
ruris
Roback, 1971
and
Ablabesmyia aspera
(Roback, 1959)
had not been recorded in
Norway
or Europe (
Saether and Spies 2004
). The two species are only represented in our samples by
one male
and
one female
, respectively (Fig. 1), but both cluster with conspecific males collected in Churchill, Manitoba, in a larger barcode dataset (not shown). More than 20 Nearctic and about 60 Palaearctic
Procladius
species
have been described (
Murray and Fittkau 1989
;
Roback 1971
), but the long-needed revision of this genus might result in as many as 40 of the corresponding names falling as junior synonyms (
Murray and Fittkau 1989
). In the latter context, the identification of our specimen as
P. ruris
might change as well.