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Parasitology
Bruno Leite Rodrigues, Israel de Souza Pinto, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati
Summary: A new species of Trichophoromyia named Trichophoromyia peixotoi is described based on morphological and molecular analyses of male specimens collected in the Parque Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil. This brings the total number of Trichophoromyia species to 45, with 24 species found in Brazil. The use of COI barcodes proved effective in species delimitation.
PARASITES & VECTORS
(2023)
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Zoology
Jaakko Pohjoismaki, Antti Haarto
Summary: A new species of window fly, Scenopinus jerei sp. nov., with characteristic bicoloured legs and completely black halteres, is described in this study. It is likely an overlooked boreal forest specialist living in the nests of cavity-nesting birds. An identification key to European species is provided.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alexander Fedosov, Guillaume Achaz, Andrey Gontchar, Nicolas Puillandre
Summary: DNA data have great potential in taxonomy, but the robustness of DNA diagnoses has been a concern. This study developed a new program, mold, to identify diagnostic DNA features for taxa. Testing with various data sets showed that diagnostic DNA characters based on sampled genetic diversity are often unreliable. To address this, a new type of DNA diagnosis, redundant DNC (rDNC), was proposed to consider unsampled genetic diversity. Mold program demonstrated high efficiency and reliability in large DNA data sets, making it the only software that meets predefined criteria for DNA diagnoses.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Vanessa Nascimento Brito, Janaina Lana Alves, Kaliane Sirio Araujo, Tiago de Souza Leite, Casley Borges de Queiroz, Olinto Liparini Pereira, Marisa Vieira de Queiroz
Summary: In this study, 30 endophytic Trichoderma isolates obtained from wild Hevea spp. in the Brazilian Amazon were analyzed. The analysis revealed known Trichoderma species as well as four new species. This study contributes to our understanding of the diversity of endophytic Trichoderma species in Neotropical forests and identifies potential biocontrol agents for plant disease management.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Wasiatus Sa'diyah, Akira Hashimoto, Gen Okada, Moriya Ohkuma
Summary: The study examined the diversity of sporocarp-inhabiting fungi in two different forests in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, revealing that approximately 30% of the operating taxonomic units were undescribed or cryptic species related to known fungi. Comparisons between the two forests showed a lower number of isolated species in the Sakuragawa area than in the Tsukuba area, where soil-borne fungi were frequently detected. Factors affecting SCIF communities in the two forests were discussed, with some noteworthy fungi briefly described.
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Environmental Sciences
Lucinda A. Quigley, Paul E. Caiger, Annette F. Govindarajan, Helena McMonagle, J. Michael Jech, Andone C. Lavery, Heidi M. Sosik, Joel K. Llopiz
Summary: Despite growing interest in harvesting potential resources, research on fish diversity and ecology in the ocean's mesopelagic zone is limited. This study assembled a species-specific image library of sagittal otoliths from 70 mesopelagic fishes, documenting and photographing otoliths from 12 species for the first time. Using a combination of morphological characters and DNA barcoding, the fish were identified to species. The otolith image library, along with otolith-size to fish-length relationships, can be used for prey identification and fish size estimation, providing a valuable tool for studying food webs in the poorly understood mesopelagic zone. Additionally, the generated fish barcodes contribute to existing public databases and enable further analysis of cryptic species and metabarcoding.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marta Gellert, Ferran Palero, Magdalena Blazewicz
Summary: Typhlotanaidae is one of the most diverse Tanaidacea families in deep-sea waters, but its diversity is underestimated and the evolutionary relationships within the family are mostly unknown. An integrative taxonomy approach combining morphology and genetic data was used to study deep-sea typhlotanaids from the NW Pacific, revealing new taxa and supporting the monophyly of known groups.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Juri Nascimbene, Pier Luigi Nimis, Johanna Kluessendorf, Holger Thues
Summary: This work summarizes the exploration of freshwater lichen biota on Sardinia island, focusing on the flagship species Lobothallia hydrocharis. Molecular data were used to confirm its distinctiveness and systematic placement among other taxa. The study identified 25 lichenized fungi species, including three new to science and seven new to Sardinia or Southern Europe. Specific traits and interactions of the freshwater lichen biota were compared with other regions, with the recommendation to include Sardinia in continental-scale monitoring programs for freshwater lichens.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jani Jarquin-Gonzalez, Luis F. Carrera-Parra
Summary: Two new species of the genus Chondrochelia, Chondrochelia caribensis sp. nov. and Chondrochelia winfieldi sp. nov., were described from the Mexican Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. The genetic divergence values between species supported the morphological data. The distribution range of two species was expanded, while the supposed distribution of C. dubia in the Mexican Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico was rejected. The characteristics of Chondrochelia algicola were redescribed based on type material.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Nicolas Puillandre, Sophie Brouillet, Guillaume Achaz
Summary: ASAP is a fast and efficient method for constructing species partitions from single locus sequence alignments. It offers a new scoring system without prior biological insight, and can be used through a graphical web interface or downloaded for local usage.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
(2021)
Article
Entomology
Hua-Yan Chen, Hong-Liang Li, Hong Pang, Chao-Dong Zhu, Yan-Zhou Zhang
Summary: The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is an emerging invasive insect pest in China. Hymenopteran parasitoids have great potential to suppress populations of P. solenopsis and were investigated using a species delimitation approach. A total of 18 hymenopteran parasitoid species associated with P. solenopsis were identified, aiding in the potential use of these parasitoids in biological control programs.
Article
Entomology
Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Nazar A. Shapoval, Alexander V. Dantchenko, Wolfgang Eckweiler
Summary: The study analyzed the partitioning of species groups in the butterfly subgenus Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) using three datasets. It was found that the DNA barcoding approach alone was not able to reveal the phylogenetic structure, but the combined analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear sequences was successful in identifying species groups.
Article
Entomology
Marek Michalski, Piotr Gadawski, Joanna Klemm, Krzysztof Szpila
Summary: The study reports the first observation of twin-spot centurion fly larvae feeding on a human corpse, and distinguishes them from black soldier fly larvae using morphology and DNA methods. Further research is needed to assess the potential of S. bipunctatus in forensic entomology.
Article
Entomology
Chao Song, Le Wang, Teng Lei, Xin Qi
Summary: Through analysis of collected species and public sequences, it is found that DNA barcodes can successfully delimit Microtendipes species and there are deep intraspecific divergences in some species. Additionally, color patterns are confirmed to be important diagnostic characters. Therefore, this study identifies and describes five new species and provides an updated key to male adults of known Microtendipes species from China.
Article
Entomology
Jostein Kjaerandsen
Summary: This article reviews the current state of DNA barcoding in the superfamily Sciaroidea and emphasizes the importance of building a reference library and describing new species to fully realize the potential of DNA barcoding.
Article
Ecology
Daniel Rubinoff, Camiel Doorenweerd
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2020)
Article
Forestry
Jeremy Cours, Laurent Larrieu, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Joerg Mueller, Guillem Parmain, Simon Thorn, Christophe Bouget
Summary: The study showed that forest dieback and salvage logging had significant impacts on forest habitat conditions and saproxylic beetle communities. While dieback increased deadwood resources, it did not lead to an increase in total abundance or species richness. Salvage logging in spruce forests greatly reduced the density of large snags and logs, causing stronger contrasts in environmental effects compared to silver fir forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Irene Villalta, Romain Ledet, Mathilde Baude, David Genoud, Christophe Bouget, Maxime Cornillon, Sebastien Moreau, Beatrice Courtial, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Summary: The decline of wild bees poses risks to important ecosystem services like pollination. Effective insect monitoring requires mass-trapping methods and accurate identifications, with DNA barcoding proving as a reliable tool for identifying the majority of wild bee species.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Natalia Kirichenko, Alain Cama, Camiel Doorenweerd, H. Charles J. Godfray, Antoine Guiguet, Stanislav Gomboc, Peter Huemer, Jean-Francois Landry, Ales Lastuvka, Zdenek Lastuvka, Kyung Min Lee, David C. Lees, Marko Mutanen, Erik J. van Nieukerken, Andreas H. Segerer, Paolo Triberti, Christian Wieser, Rodolphe Rougerie
Summary: Gracillariidae is the most species-rich leaf-mining moth family with over 2,000 described species worldwide. In this study, DNA barcodes were used for identification and species discovery in European gracillariids, showing high congruence between morphology and barcodes, and successful species discrimination based on the Barcode Index Number system for 93% of species.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Marion Javal, John S. Terblanche, Desmond E. Conlong, Norbert Delahaye, Elizabeth Grobbelaar, Laure Benoit, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Julien M. Haran
Summary: DNA barcoding has been successfully applied in temperate regions for bio-surveillance of forest and agricultural pests, with limited applications in the tropics and Africa. The study identified the damaging pest Cacosceles newmannii in sugarcane plantations in South Africa and emphasized the need for a reliable tool for identification and monitoring. The research also established a DNA barcoding reference library and found two highly divergent genetic clusters in C. newmannii, indicating potential new cryptic species.
BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Wang Cai, Chunyan Yang, Xiaoyang Wang, Chunying Wu, Laurent Larrieu, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Qingzhong Wen, Douglas W. Yu
Summary: The study found that bark-beetle induced forest dieback in Pinus yunnanensis monocultures in Yunnan province did not significantly affect insect species diversity, but resulted in compositional changes. In low-infestation forests, the insect community showed a stochastic assembly, while in high-infestation forests, the community structure was consistent with niche assembly. This suggests that strategies to accelerate the succession of plantations into heterogeneous forests in Yunnan, given predicted increases in bark-beetle dieback severity and frequency, should include anthropogenic treatments such as deadwood enhancement and planting multiple tree species.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Zoology
Luc Leblanc, Francis Tsatsia, Camiel Doorenweerd
Summary: Results from a snap-shot survey of Dacine fruit flies conducted in April 2018 on three of the Solomon Islands were reported. Out of the 48 species previously known to occur in the Solomon Islands, 30 were collected using traps baited with male lures. Additionally, six new species were described, and an illustrated key to the 54 known species in the country was provided.
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Xuankun Li, Ryan St Laurent, Chandra Earl, Camiel Doorenweerd, Erik J. van Nieukerken, Donald R. Davis, Chris A. Johns, Atsushi Kawakita, Shigeki Kobayashi, Andreas Zwick, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Issei Ohshima, Akito Y. Kawahara
Summary: Gracillariidae is a diverse cosmopolitan leaf-mining moth family with nearly 2000 named species in 105 described genera. Genetic data was used to analyze and confirm the phylogenetic relationships among subfamilies within the family.
Article
Ecology
Jeremy Cours, Lucas Sire, Sylvie Ladet, Hilaire Martin, Guillem Parmain, Laurent Larrieu, Carl Moliard, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Christophe Bouget
Summary: The study found that forest dieback benefits the taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of saproxylic beetle assemblages at both local and landscape scales. Increased landscape-scale dieback also leads to functional specialization of beetle assemblages, favoring species related to large and well-decayed deadwood.
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Camiel Doorenweerd, Michael San Jose, Scott Geib, Julian Dupuis, Luc Leblanc, Norman Barr, Elaida Fiegalan, Kimberley Y. Morris, Daniel Rubinoff
Summary: This study used a phylogenomic approach to evaluate the species boundaries and relationships within the Bactrocera frauenfeldi species complex and two closely related species. The results revealed the presence of five distinct species within the complex and highlighted the limitations of using COI for species recognition. New molecular approaches will be necessary for effective pest management and prevention of incursions.
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Entomology
Jurij Rekelj, Zeljko Predovnik, Peter Huemer, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Summary: This study revises the subgenus Brevantennia species in Slovenia, including confirming and synonymizing species, and excluding a species from the checklist of Slovenian Lepidoptera fauna.
NOTA LEPIDOPTEROLOGICA
(2022)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Camiel Doorenweerd, Kyung Min Lee, Erik J. van Nieukerken, Marko Mutanen
Summary: This study examines two species complexes within the pygmy moth genus Ectoedemia using ddRAD sequencing. The results show that host plants play a significant role in speciation and hybridization, but no evidence of host race formation was found in the oligophagous species.
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Camiel Doorenweerd, Michael San Jose, Luc Leblanc, Daniel Rubinoff
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Arthur Fauviau, Mathilde Baude, Nicolas Bazin, William Fiordaliso, Alessandro Fisogni, Laura Fortel, Joseph Garrigue, Benoit Geslin, Jeremie Goulnik, Laurent Guilbaud, Nina Hautekeete, Charlene Heiniger, Michael Kuhlmann, Olivier Lambert, Dominique Langlois, Violette Le Feon, Carlos Lopez Vaamonde, Gregory Maillet, Francois Massol, Nadia Michel, Alice Michelot-Antalik, Denis Michez, Hugues Mouret, Yves Piquot, Simon G. Potts, Stuart Roberts, Lise Ropars, Lucie Schurr, Colin Van Reeth, Irene Villalta, Vincent Zaninotto, Isabelle Dajoz, Mickael Henry
Summary: Urban expansion has negative impacts on the diversity of wild bees, but some wild bee species can thrive in cities.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Review
Ecology
Aurelien Salle, Jeremy Cours, Elodie Le Souchu, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Sylvain Pincebourde, Christophe Bouget
Summary: Global change poses challenges to the adaptive potential of forests, particularly impacting canopy-dwelling insect communities. Forest decline can have significant effects on canopy structure, microhabitats, trophic resources, and microclimates, with potential detrimental or beneficial impacts on different insect guilds depending on their ecological requirements. Further research and interdisciplinary collaboration are needed to better understand the mechanisms at play and address ongoing functional and conservation issues in temperate forest ecosystems.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2021)
