Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterflyAstraptes fulgerator
| Autor: | Paul D. N. Hebert, John M. Burns, Erin H. Penton, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Tropical Climate
Astraptes fulgerator Species complex Multidisciplinary Base Sequence biology Ecology Molecular Sequence Data Plants Biological Sciences biology.organism_classification Animal Feed DNA barcoding Lepidoptera genitalia Taxon Species Specificity Sympatric speciation Butterfly Animals Species richness Butterflies Phylogeny DNA Primers |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101:14812-14817 |
| ISSN: | 1091-6490 0027-8424 |
| Popis: | Astraptes fulgerator, first described in 1775, is a common and widely distributed neotropical skipper butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). We combine 25 years of natural history observations in northwestern Costa Rica with morphological study and DNA barcoding of museum specimens to show thatA. fulgeratoris a complex of at least 10 species in this region. Largely sympatric, these taxa have mostly different caterpillar food plants, mostly distinctive caterpillars, and somewhat different ecosystem preferences but only subtly differing adults with no genitalic divergence. Our results add to the evidence that cryptic species are prevalent in tropical regions, a critical issue in efforts to document global species richness. They also illustrate the value of DNA barcoding, especially when coupled with traditional taxonomic tools, in disclosing hidden diversity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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