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Close relatives of Mediterranean endemo-relict hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Africa: Morphological and molecular evidence in the Merodon melanocerus subgroup

An ongoing study of the genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) has revealed the existence of new species related to M. melanocerus Bezzi, 1915. The M. melanocerus subgroup belongs to the Afrotropical lineage of the M. desuturinus group. Revision of all available material fr...

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Autores principales: Radenković, Snežana, Veličković, Nevena, Ssymank, Axel, Obreht Vidaković, Dragana, Djan, Mihajla, Ståhls, Gunilla, Veselić, Sanja, Vujić, Ante
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30028840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200805
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author Radenković, Snežana
Veličković, Nevena
Ssymank, Axel
Obreht Vidaković, Dragana
Djan, Mihajla
Ståhls, Gunilla
Veselić, Sanja
Vujić, Ante
author_facet Radenković, Snežana
Veličković, Nevena
Ssymank, Axel
Obreht Vidaković, Dragana
Djan, Mihajla
Ståhls, Gunilla
Veselić, Sanja
Vujić, Ante
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description An ongoing study of the genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) has revealed the existence of new species related to M. melanocerus Bezzi, 1915. The M. melanocerus subgroup belongs to the Afrotropical lineage of the M. desuturinus group. Revision of all available material from museums and detailed analyses of newly -collected specimens from our own expeditions to RSA resulted in delimitation of five species: M. capensis Hurkmans sp. n., M. commutabilis Radenković et Vujić sp. n., M. drakonis Vujić et Radenković sp. n., M. flavocerus Hurkmans sp. n. and M. melanocerus. In addition to classical morphological characters, sequences of the mitochondrial COI gene are provided for four related taxa. Results of molecular phylogenetic analyses supports monophyly of the M. desuturinus group and confirmed delimitation between species. Links between Palaearctic and Afrotropical faunas of this group, as well as possible evolutionary paths, are discussed. Based on phylogenetic analyses, four lineages (putative subgenera) have been recognized within the genus Merodon; besides the three previously established ones, albifrons+desuturinus, aureus (sensu lato) and avidus-nigritarsis, one new lineage named natans is distinguished.
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spelling pubmed-60544222018-07-27 Close relatives of Mediterranean endemo-relict hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Africa: Morphological and molecular evidence in the Merodon melanocerus subgroup Radenković, Snežana Veličković, Nevena Ssymank, Axel Obreht Vidaković, Dragana Djan, Mihajla Ståhls, Gunilla Veselić, Sanja Vujić, Ante PLoS One Research Article An ongoing study of the genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) has revealed the existence of new species related to M. melanocerus Bezzi, 1915. The M. melanocerus subgroup belongs to the Afrotropical lineage of the M. desuturinus group. Revision of all available material from museums and detailed analyses of newly -collected specimens from our own expeditions to RSA resulted in delimitation of five species: M. capensis Hurkmans sp. n., M. commutabilis Radenković et Vujić sp. n., M. drakonis Vujić et Radenković sp. n., M. flavocerus Hurkmans sp. n. and M. melanocerus. In addition to classical morphological characters, sequences of the mitochondrial COI gene are provided for four related taxa. Results of molecular phylogenetic analyses supports monophyly of the M. desuturinus group and confirmed delimitation between species. Links between Palaearctic and Afrotropical faunas of this group, as well as possible evolutionary paths, are discussed. Based on phylogenetic analyses, four lineages (putative subgenera) have been recognized within the genus Merodon; besides the three previously established ones, albifrons+desuturinus, aureus (sensu lato) and avidus-nigritarsis, one new lineage named natans is distinguished. Public Library of Science 2018-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6054422/ /pubmed/30028840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200805 Text en © 2018 Radenković et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Radenković, Snežana
Veličković, Nevena
Ssymank, Axel
Obreht Vidaković, Dragana
Djan, Mihajla
Ståhls, Gunilla
Veselić, Sanja
Vujić, Ante
Close relatives of Mediterranean endemo-relict hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Africa: Morphological and molecular evidence in the Merodon melanocerus subgroup
title Close relatives of Mediterranean endemo-relict hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Africa: Morphological and molecular evidence in the Merodon melanocerus subgroup
title_full Close relatives of Mediterranean endemo-relict hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Africa: Morphological and molecular evidence in the Merodon melanocerus subgroup
title_fullStr Close relatives of Mediterranean endemo-relict hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Africa: Morphological and molecular evidence in the Merodon melanocerus subgroup
title_full_unstemmed Close relatives of Mediterranean endemo-relict hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Africa: Morphological and molecular evidence in the Merodon melanocerus subgroup
title_short Close relatives of Mediterranean endemo-relict hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Africa: Morphological and molecular evidence in the Merodon melanocerus subgroup
title_sort close relatives of mediterranean endemo-relict hoverflies (diptera, syrphidae) in south africa: morphological and molecular evidence in the merodon melanocerus subgroup
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30028840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200805
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