Evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea antarctica and the description of two new species.
The invertebrate terrestrial fauna of Antarctica is being investigated with increasing interest to discover how life interacts with the extreme polar environment and how millions of years of evolution have shaped their biodiversity. Classical taxonomic approaches, complemented by molecular tools, ar...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:526687 2023-05-15T13:41:44+02:00 Evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea antarctica and the description of two new species. Carapelli, Antonio Greenslade, Penelope Nardi, Francesco Leo, Chiara Convey, Peter Frati, Franceso Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo 2020-02-25 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526687/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526687/1/insects-11-00141.pdf https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/3/141 en eng MDPI https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526687/1/insects-11-00141.pdf Carapelli, Antonio; Greenslade, Penelope; Nardi, Francesco; Leo, Chiara; Convey, Peter orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Frati, Franceso; Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo. 2020 Evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea antarctica and the description of two new species. Insects, 11 (3), 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11030141 <https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11030141> cc_by_4 CC-BY Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2020 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11030141 2023-02-04T19:50:05Z The invertebrate terrestrial fauna of Antarctica is being investigated with increasing interest to discover how life interacts with the extreme polar environment and how millions of years of evolution have shaped their biodiversity. Classical taxonomic approaches, complemented by molecular tools, are improving our understanding of the systematic relationships of some species, changing the nomenclature of taxa and challenging the taxonomic status of others. The springtail Friesea grisea has previously been described as the only species with a “pan‐Antarctic” distribution. However, recent genetic comparisons have pointed to another scenario. The latest morphological study has confined F. grisea to the sub‐Antarctic island of South Georgia, from which it was originally described, and resurrected F. antarctica as a congeneric species occurring on the continental mainland. Molecular data demonstrate that populations of this taxon, ostensibly occurring across Maritime and Continental Antarctica, as well as on some offshore islands, are evolutionarily isolated and divergent and cannot be included within a single species. The present study, combining morphological with molecular data, attempts to validate this hypothesis and challenges the taxonomic status of F. antarctica, suggesting that two additional new species, described here as Friesea gretae sp. nov. and Friesea propria sp. nov., are present in Continental Antarctica. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Springtail Antarctica Springtail Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Insects 11 3 141 |
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The invertebrate terrestrial fauna of Antarctica is being investigated with increasing interest to discover how life interacts with the extreme polar environment and how millions of years of evolution have shaped their biodiversity. Classical taxonomic approaches, complemented by molecular tools, are improving our understanding of the systematic relationships of some species, changing the nomenclature of taxa and challenging the taxonomic status of others. The springtail Friesea grisea has previously been described as the only species with a “pan‐Antarctic” distribution. However, recent genetic comparisons have pointed to another scenario. The latest morphological study has confined F. grisea to the sub‐Antarctic island of South Georgia, from which it was originally described, and resurrected F. antarctica as a congeneric species occurring on the continental mainland. Molecular data demonstrate that populations of this taxon, ostensibly occurring across Maritime and Continental Antarctica, as well as on some offshore islands, are evolutionarily isolated and divergent and cannot be included within a single species. The present study, combining morphological with molecular data, attempts to validate this hypothesis and challenges the taxonomic status of F. antarctica, suggesting that two additional new species, described here as Friesea gretae sp. nov. and Friesea propria sp. nov., are present in Continental Antarctica. |
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Carapelli, Antonio Greenslade, Penelope Nardi, Francesco Leo, Chiara Convey, Peter Frati, Franceso Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo Evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea antarctica and the description of two new species. |
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Carapelli, Antonio Greenslade, Penelope Nardi, Francesco Leo, Chiara Convey, Peter Frati, Franceso Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo |
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Evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea antarctica and the description of two new species. |
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Evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea antarctica and the description of two new species. |
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Evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea antarctica and the description of two new species. |
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Evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea antarctica and the description of two new species. |
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Evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea antarctica and the description of two new species. |
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evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-antarctic” springtail friesea antarctica and the description of two new species. |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526687/1/insects-11-00141.pdf Carapelli, Antonio; Greenslade, Penelope; Nardi, Francesco; Leo, Chiara; Convey, Peter orcid:0000-0001-8497-9903 Frati, Franceso; Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo. 2020 Evidence for cryptic diversity in the “pan-Antarctic” springtail Friesea antarctica and the description of two new species. Insects, 11 (3), 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11030141 <https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11030141> |
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