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Issue: Vol. 3000 No. 1: 22 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3000.1.3
Page range: 49–58
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

On the identity of Isoperla curtata (Plecoptera: Perlodidae): behavioural and molecular approaches show the existence of two separate species

Departamento de Biología Animal & Departamento de Ecología. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Granada. 18071. Granada. Spain
Dipartimento di Science Ambientali. Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Hydraena S.L.L., Granada, Spain
Departamento de Biología Animal & Departamento de Ecología. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Granada. 18071. Granada. Spain
Dipartimento di Science Ambientali. Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Plecoptera stoneflies drumming DNA sequences systematics Isoperla morenica n. sp.

Abstract

The identity of Isoperla curtata Navás, 1924, an Iberian endemic, has been questioned since its description. Marked variability in pigmentation, wing length, penial armature and ecology of populations have been noted. To clarify the taxonomic status of I. curtata we examined variation in mating calls and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences for two populations from north-central and southern Spain. Results of both approaches support the presence of two species. The north-central population corresponds to the nominal taxon, I. curtata, while southern populations represent a new species, Isoperla morenica, described herein.

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