Morphological, Genetic and Biological Evidences to Understand Meromacrus Rondani Diversity: New Species and Early Stages (Diptera: Syrphidae)
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Título: | Morphological, Genetic and Biological Evidences to Understand Meromacrus Rondani Diversity: New Species and Early Stages (Diptera: Syrphidae) |
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Autor/es: | Ricarte, Antonio | Souba Dols, Gabriel J. | Skevington, Jeffrey H. | Quinto, Javier | Marcos-García, M. Ángeles |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Biodiversidad y Biotecnología aplicadas a la Biología de la Conservación |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales | Universidad de Alicante. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad |
Palabras clave: | DNA analysis | Identification key | Male genitalia | Neotropical syrphids | Puparia | SEM imaging |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Zoología |
Fecha de publicación: | 12-nov-2020 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Cita bibliográfica: | Ricarte A, Souba-Dols GJ, Skevington JH, Quinto J, García MÁM. Morphological, Genetic and Biological Evidences to Understand Meromacrus Rondani Diversity: New Species and Early Stages (Diptera: Syrphidae). Insects. 2020; 11(11):791. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11110791 |
Resumen: | Meromacrus is a genus of conspicuous syrphids with saprophagous larvae, ranging from the southern United States to Argentina and Chile. However, this genus is in need of a taxonomic revision. Adults reared from larvae collected in Mexico and Peru, and other material available at different institutional collections were examined. Meromacrus cactorum sp. nov., from Peru, Meromacrus yucatense sp. nov., from Mexico, their puparia and breeding sites were described. A key to Meromacrus puparia is provided. The holotypes of Meromacrus canusium, Meromacrus gloriosus, Meromacrus laconicus and Meromacrus melmoth were also examined. The name Meromacrus draco is proposed as a junior synonym of M. gloriosus. Larvae of M. cactorum sp. nov. were found in decaying columnar cacti in Peru, while those of M. yucatense sp. nov. in a rot-hole of a Ceiba pentandra stump. Obtained results on both taxonomy and biology of these species serve as a first step towards a revision of the entire genus. |
Patrocinador/es: | AR’s position (grant number UATAL05) and GJSD’ predoctoral fellowship at the University of Alicante are funded by the ‘Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Transferencia de Conocimiento’. JQ’s postdoctoral position in the UADY was funded by the CONACyT-Mexico (grant number 128856). Funding to JHS was provided by an A-base research grant from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/110401 |
ISSN: | 2075-4450 |
DOI: | 10.3390/insects11110791 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11110791 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - BBaBC - Artículos de Revistas |
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