Works on Genetic diversity and population structure
Published research works tagged with the topic “Genetic diversity and population structure”.
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An insight into the molecular identity and distribution of Microhyla taraiensis (Anura, Microhylidae) in Khyber Pakhtun…
The taxonomic identity and distribution of Pakistan’s Microhyla in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has not been confirmed at species level using molecular data; historical records relied on mo…
Evolutionary relationships of Fish Lake Valley Tui Chub Siphateles obesus ssp. (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Leuciscidae) …
The Tui Chubs, Siphateles spp., are found widely across the Great Basin and in some adjacent regions. Nearly all diversity of Siphateles has been consolidated under the name S. bi…
A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integra…
A survey was undertaken to study the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878, from Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, southwest China. A total of two species is here addressed based on m…
A new species of the genus Hebius (Squamata, Natricidae), previously confused with H. boulengeri (Gressitt, 1937)
A new species of the genus Hebius is described from Yunnan Province, China. The new species was previously identified as H. boulengeri, but it can be separated from H. boulengeri …
Three new species of Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae) from Xizang, China
Three new species belonging to the spider family Theridiidae are described based on materials collected from Xizang Autonomous Region, Southwestern China: Moneta linzhi Gan, Mi & …
A survey of Orchestina Simon, 1882 (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Xishuangbanna, China, with descriptions of eight new speci…
Eight new species and one known species of the oonopid spider genus Orchestina Simon, 1882 are described or recorded based on material collected from forest canopy of Xishuangbann…
Different, but still the same: integrative taxonomy confirms a new species of Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Eresida…
This study represents the first step toward a systematic revision of the velvet spider genus Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 in the Caucasus. Here, Eresus transcaucasicus sp. nov. is desc…
Comparative analysis of mitogenomes in six Scolopendra species (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha): insights into rare genet…
Six complete mitochondrial genomes from species within Scolopendra (Scolopendromorpha) (S. alcyona, S. calcarata, S. cataracta, S. lufengia, S. mazbii, and S. multidens) were anal…
Preliminary survey of midget cave spiders (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from forest ecosystems in southern China with the des…
This study reports six leptonetid species from three genera collected in karst-associated forest ecosystems of southern China. Three new midget cave spider species are diagnosed, …
Size matters: a new genus of tarantula with the longest male palps, and an integrative revision of Monocentropus Pocock…
A taxonomic revision of the eumenophorine tarantula genus Monocentropus Pocock, 1897, which currently comprises three species, M. balfouri Pocock, 1897 (♂♀; Socotra, Yemen), M. la…
Two new cave-dwelling Spiricoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Hubei, China
Two new cave-dwelling Spiricoelotes (Wang, 2002) species are described: S. metyr sp. nov. (♂♀) and S. zhengi sp. nov. (♂♀). Moreover, Spiricoelotes zonatus (Peng & Wang, 1997) is …
Four new species and a new record of Synagelides Strand, 1906 (Araneae, Salticidae) from China
Four new species of the jumping spider genus Synagelides Strand, 1906 are described from China: S. dajueshan K. K. Liu, sp. nov. (♂, ♀; Jiangxi Province), S. guangfeng K. K. Liu, …
Three new species of the wolf spider genus Sinartoria Wang, Framenau & Zhang, 2021 (Araneae, Lycosidae) from southern C…
Three new species of the wolf spider genus Sinartoria Wang, Framenau & Zhang, 2021 are described from China: Sinartoria dui sp. nov. (♂♀, Guangxi), S. maolan sp. nov. (♀, Guizhou)…
Karyological analysis of Acanthocephalus ranae (Echinorhynchida): expanding the cytogenetic knowledge in acanthocephala…
This study presents the first comprehensive cytogenetic analysis of the common amphibian parasite Acanthocephalus ranae. A combination of classical cytogenetic methods and molecul…
Two new species of the spider genus Songthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Hunan Province, China
Two new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela Ono, 2000, which were collected from Hunan Province, China, are described based on specimens of both sexes: S. …
On small huntsman spiders (Araneae, Philodromidae) occurring in Guizhou and Hubei provinces, China
Spiders of the family Philodromidae Thorell, 1869 from Guizhou and Hubei provinces, China are studied. A total of three genera and seven species are reported and illustrated, comp…
Diversity survey of Pholcus spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan and neighboring areas, with descriptions …
Thirteen spider species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 are reported from a diversity survey in eastern Sichuan and neighboring areas (northeastern Yunnan and western Guizho…
Pseudobarbus outeniqua sp. nov., a new redfin species (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from the Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Afr…
Previous DNA-based studies identified four genetic lineages within Pseudobarbus afer: (i) the Mandela lineage confined to the Sundays, Swartkops, and Baakens river systems, (ii) t…
Diversity of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) in the Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi, China
A list of 94 salticid species of 48 genera collected from Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province is provided. Four new salticid species are diagnosed, described,…
A new species of Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) from the Beipan-Jiang in Guizhou, China
Sinocyclocheilus zhenningensis sp. nov. from the Dabang-He of the Beipan-Jiang Basin in Zhenning County, Guizhou Province, China, is described based on morphological and molecular…
Description of two new huntsman spiders from Vietnam (Araneae, Sparassidae)
Two new species of the sparassid genera Heteropoda Latreille, 1804 and Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 are described from Vietnam: Heteropoda taygiangensis sp. nov. (♂) from Quang Nam Prov…
Genomic and ecological divergence support recognition of a new species of endangered Satyrium butterfly (Lepidoptera, L…
We describe a highly isolated population of hairstreak butterfly from Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada, as a new species, Satyrium curiosolus sp. nov., previously rec…
Filling a zoogeographical gap in China: Taxonomic descriptions of six new spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes sp…
The spiders of the Pholcus phungiformes species group in China are distributed across the Lüliang Mountains and the Yanshan-Taihang Mountains in northern China, and the Changbai M…
Two new species of the purse-web spider genus Atypus Latreille, 1804 from China (Araneae, Atypidae)
Two new species of the purse-web spider genus Atypus Latreille, 1804, collected from China, are diagnosed and described based on the genital morphology of both sexes: A. dawei sp.…
A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) from the Gaoligong Mountains, China
The Gaoligong Mountains lie at the intersection of three global biodiversity hotspots. In recent years, with the continuous deepening of fieldwork in the region, studies have incr…
Two new wolf-spider species in the genus Hippasosa from Asia (Araneae, Lycosidae)
Two new species of the wolf-spider genus Hippasosa Roewer, 1960 are described from Asia: Hippasosa thailandica sp. nov. (♂) from Thailand and H. yunnanensis sp. nov. (♂♀) from Chi…
An integrative approach to the delimitation of pseudocryptic species in the Eucyclops speratus complex (Copepoda, Cyclo…
Eucyclops speratus (Lilljeborg, 1901) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) was studied using various methods. Molecular genetic methods (comparison of COI and ITSn molecular markers…
Identification of two new species of Mecistocephalus (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae) from southern China…
Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843 is the most diverse genus in the family Mecistocephalidae; however, only two species have been recorded in mainland China to date. Therefore, taxonom…
Description of six new crab-spider species and first description of the male of Pharta xizang Liu & Yao, 2023 from Medo…
Seven species of the crab-spider family Thomisidae from Medog, Xizang, China are described here, including six new species: Camaricus medog Wang, Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. (♂♀), Monaes…
Nine new spider species of Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from karst caves, with a list of species of the …
Species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 exhibit high diversity in Guizhou, southwestern China. Previously, only eight species of Belisana were recorded in Guizhou. In t…
Tenkana, a new genus of jumping spiders (Salticidae, Plexippina) from South Asia, with the new Indian species Tenkana j…
We describe a new plexippine genus, Tenkana gen. nov., supported by phylogenomic data from ultraconserved elements (UCEs), Sanger sequences of four genes, and morphological eviden…
Three new species of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from Qizimeishan National Nature Rese…
The Qizimeishan National Nature Reserve is situated in the southwestern region of Hubei Province, adjacent to the northeastern edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. A survey of spid…
Four new species of the genus Yunguirius (Araneae, Agelenidae) from China
Four new species of Yunguirius B. Li, Zhao & S.Q. Li, 2023 are described from China, namely: Yunguirius parvus Wei & Liu, sp. nov. (♀), Yunguirius trigonus Wei & Liu, sp. nov. (♀)…
Two new oonopid spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Xishuangbanna tropical rainforest, Yunnan, China
A new species of the genus Bannana Tong & Li, 2015 and a new species of the genus Trilacuna Tong & Li, 2007 are recorded from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province: Bannana zhengguoi Ton…
Genetic identification, morphology and distribution of Natrix helvetica subspecies in southern and western Switzerland …
Most of Switzerland is inhabited by the nominotypical subspecies of the barred grass snake (Natrix helvetica helvetica), which is characterized by mitochondrial DNA lineage E. Onl…
Three new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Hunan, China
Three new species of the genera Thiania C. L. Koch, 1846 and Yaginumaella Prószyński, 1979 are described and named as T. bamian sp. nov. (♂♀), T. flacata sp. nov. (♀) and Y. curva…
An annotated catalogue of selected historical type specimens, including genetic data, housed in the Natural History Mus…
Museum collections are an important source for resolving taxonomic issues and species delimitation. Type specimens as name-bearing specimens, traditionally used in morphology-base…
Description of three new species of the spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae, Sparassidae) from China, Laos and…
With 252 species, Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000, is the largest genus in the family Sparassidae and is widely distributed in South (49 species in Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan), East…
Taxonomic study on the genus Mongoloniscus Verhoeff, 1930 (Isopoda, Agnaridae) from China: morphological and phylogenet…
A combination of morphological traits and DNA data (COI and 28S rRNA partial sequences) was used to study the genus Mongoloniscus Verhoeff, 1930 from China. Four new species are d…
On the enigmatic jumping spider genus Ogdenia Peckham, 1908 (Araneae, Salticidae, Chrysillini)
The monotypic genus Ogdenia Peckham, 1908, is redefined based on the redescription of the holotype of O. mutilla (Peckham & Peckham, 1907), along with the newly discovered male sp…
A new loach species of the genus Oreonectes (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from Guangxi, China
A new loach species, Oreonectes andongensis sp. nov. is described from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The new species can be differentiated from other members of the…
Revalidation of the jumping spider genus Cheliceroides Żabka, 1985 based on molecular and morphological data (Araneae, …
The monotypic genus Cheliceroides Żabka, 1985 is revalidated based on both molecular sequence data (ultra-conserved elements and protein coding genes of mitochondrial genomes) and…
Four new species of Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 from Xizang, China (Araneae, Anyphaenidae)
Four new species of the genus Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 collected from Xizang, China, are described: A. cibagou Wang & Mi, sp. nov. (♂♀), A. linzhi Wang & Mi, sp. nov. (♂♀), A. sh…
First mitogenomic characterization of Macromotettixoides (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae), with the descriptions of two new spe…
Classification of species is commonly based on morphological, molecular, and distribution depending on the taxa. Macromotettixoides Zheng, Wei & Jiang, 2005 and Formosatettix Tink…
Ghatippus paschima, a new species and genus of plexippine jumping spider from the Western Ghats of India (Salticidae, P…
We propose a new genus of plexippine jumping spiders from the Western Ghats of India based on the new species Ghatippus paschima gen. et sp. nov. While it bears a superficial rese…
Notes on species of Talaus Simon, 1886 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species
Taxonomic notes on the Talaus species from China are provided. Two new species, T. yuyang Yao & Liu, sp. nov. and T. zhangjiangkou Yao & Liu, sp. nov. are described and illustrate…
Complete mitochondrial genome of Guigarra cailaoensis Wang, Chen & Zheng, 2022 (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae) and its phy…
Guigarra cailaoensis is a member of family Cyprinidae, subfamily Labeoninae (Cypriniformes) which was recently discovered in southwestern China. Following its initial description,…
On the specific status of Scelimena spicupennis and a new record of S. discalis from China with mitochondrial genome c…
The genus Scelimena Serville (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from China is reviewed. One species, Scelimena spicupennis Zheng & Ou, 2003 (China: Yunnan) is redescribed, and a new record …
Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Japanese mud shrimp Upogebia major (Crustacea, Decapoda, Upogebiidae): Nat…
Upogebia major (De Haan, 1841) is known for forming huge burrows in sandy, intertidal areas that can extend to depths of over 2 m. Despite its widespread distribution in East Asia…
First record of the genus Passiena (Araneae, Lycosidae) from China, with the first description of the male of P. spini…
The genus Passiena is recorded for the first time from China with Passiena duani sp. nov. (♂♀) from Guangxi described here. In addition, the male of P. spinicrus Thorell, 1890 is …