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A re-examination of the West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010, with particular reference to B. multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)
The West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010 are reviewed. B. multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) is shown to be widely distributed in the Pyrenees, where it is the only species known to occur. The chromosomes of all five west European species are found to have, in addition their different num...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7819950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33542798 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i1.60188 |
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description | The West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010 are reviewed. B. multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) is shown to be widely distributed in the Pyrenees, where it is the only species known to occur. The chromosomes of all five west European species are found to have, in addition their different numbers of chromosomes, differences in the number and locations of secondary constrictions, and in some cases, the number of chromosomes with clear centromeric C-bands. The level of differences between the chromosomes of the species is in stark contrast with the very slight genetic (DNA) differences between them and this suggests that chromosome differentiation may have been a driver of speciation. Two of the species, B. griseostriatus (De Geer, 1774) and B. multilineatus, have distributions extending northwards as far as Arctic Scandinavia. It is pointed out that, while these northern areas now constitute the major portions of their ranges, they must be of fairly recent origins as most of the area would have been covered by ice sheets and therefore not habitable during the glacial maximum of the Last Glaciation. This contrasts with the situation in the area of the Central European mountains where fossil faunas, including Boreonectes, are known. B. griseostriatus, identifiable to species by its parameres, was present in the Woolly Rhinoceros site at Starunia in the Western Ukraine, and this fauna is discussed as well as an English fauna of similar age. |
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spelling | pubmed-78199502021-02-03 A re-examination of the West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010, with particular reference to B. multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) Angus, Robert B. Comp Cytogenet Research Article The West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010 are reviewed. B. multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) is shown to be widely distributed in the Pyrenees, where it is the only species known to occur. The chromosomes of all five west European species are found to have, in addition their different numbers of chromosomes, differences in the number and locations of secondary constrictions, and in some cases, the number of chromosomes with clear centromeric C-bands. The level of differences between the chromosomes of the species is in stark contrast with the very slight genetic (DNA) differences between them and this suggests that chromosome differentiation may have been a driver of speciation. Two of the species, B. griseostriatus (De Geer, 1774) and B. multilineatus, have distributions extending northwards as far as Arctic Scandinavia. It is pointed out that, while these northern areas now constitute the major portions of their ranges, they must be of fairly recent origins as most of the area would have been covered by ice sheets and therefore not habitable during the glacial maximum of the Last Glaciation. This contrasts with the situation in the area of the Central European mountains where fossil faunas, including Boreonectes, are known. B. griseostriatus, identifiable to species by its parameres, was present in the Woolly Rhinoceros site at Starunia in the Western Ukraine, and this fauna is discussed as well as an English fauna of similar age. Pensoft Publishers 2021-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7819950/ /pubmed/33542798 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i1.60188 Text en Robert B. Angus http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Angus, Robert B. A re-examination of the West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010, with particular reference to B. multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) |
title | A re-examination of the West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010, with particular reference to B.
multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) |
title_full | A re-examination of the West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010, with particular reference to B.
multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) |
title_fullStr | A re-examination of the West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010, with particular reference to B.
multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) |
title_full_unstemmed | A re-examination of the West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010, with particular reference to B.
multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) |
title_short | A re-examination of the West European species of Boreonectes Angus, 2010, with particular reference to B.
multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) |
title_sort | re-examination of the west european species of boreonectes angus, 2010, with particular reference to b.
multilineatus (falkenström, 1922) (coleoptera, dytiscidae) |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7819950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33542798 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i1.60188 |
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