DNA barcodes for Cladocera and Copepoda from Mexico and Guatemala, highlights and new discoveries
Author
Elías-Gutiérrez, Manuel
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Av. Centenario km 5.5, Chetumal 77014, Quintana Roo, México.
Author
Jerónimo, Fernando Martínez
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (ENCB-IPN). Apdo. Postal CON- 252, Mexico, D. F. 0640, Mexico. E-mail: fjeroni @ ipn. mx
Author
Ivanova, Natalia V.
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph N 1 G 2 W 1, Ontario, Canada.
Author
Valdez-Moreno, Martha
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Av. Centenario km 5.5, Chetumal 77014, Quintana Roo, México.
Author
Hebert, Paul D. N.
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph N 1 G 2 W 1, Ontario, Canada.
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Zootaxa
2008
2008-08-01
1839
1
1
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1839.1.1
journal article
3558
10.11646/zootaxa.1839.1.1
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Genus
Scapholeberis
Schoedler, 1858
We found two species with 13.07% divergence. One is
Scapholeberis armata freyi
Dumont & Pensaert
previously recorded from southern
Mexico
(
Dumont & Pensaert 1983
). The other, which was collected in the northern semi-desert region, seems to represent an undescribed species related to
S. ramneri
Dumont & Pensaert
, described from
Belgium
(
Dumont & Pensaert 1983
).