Revision of genus Texoreddellia Wygodzinsky, 1973 (Hexapoda, Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae), a prominent element of the cave-adapted fauna of Texas
| Autor: | Nicole D. Bartolo, James R. Reddell, Charisse S. Haruta, Luis Espinasa, Danielle M. Centone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Sympatry geography Nicoletiidae geography.geographical_feature_category biology Range (biology) Ecology Biogeography Fauna biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Hexapoda 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Cave Genus Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Zootaxa. 4126:221 |
| ISSN: | 1175-5334 1175-5326 |
| Popis: | While many cave-adapted organisms tend to be endemic to single locations or restricted to single karstic regions, the troglobitic silverfish insects of genus Texoreddellia can be found in scores of different cave localities that cover a range of nearly 160,000 km 2 . They are among the most important and common representatives of the cave-adapted fauna of Texas and Coahuila, in northern Mexico. Using morphological and mitochondrial gene sequence data, we have corroborated the presence of at least six different species within the genus and provided species identifications to populations inhabiting 153 different cave locations. Results show that species ranges are larger than previously reported and that ranges tend to greatly overlap with each other. We have also found that different species of Texoreddellia commonly inhabit the same cave in sympatry. Data supports that some species of Texoreddellia can easily disperse through the extensive network of cracks, fissures and smaller cavities near the surface and epikarst. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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