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. 2014 Feb 28:14:33.
doi: 10.1093/jis/14.1.33.

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Amiota taurusata species group within the Chinese species, with descriptions of two new species

Zhen-fang Shao  1 , Tong Li  2 , Jian-jun Jiang  3 , Jin-ming Lu  4 , Hong-wei Chen  5
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Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Amiota taurusata species group within the Chinese species, with descriptions of two new species

Zhen-fang Shao et al. J Insect Sci. .

Abstract

The relationships among six species of the Amiota taurusata Takada, Beppu, & Toda (Diptera: Drosophilidae) species group were investigated based on DNA sequence data of the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 ( ND2) gene, using three species of the genus Amiota as outgroups. A mitochondrial gene, cytochrome c oxidase I ( COI), can be used to discriminate between species of the taurusata group. Two new species are described from South China: A. protuberantis Shao et Chen, sp. nov. and A. shennongi Shao et Chen, sp. nov. A key to all the species of the taurusata group based on morphological characters is provided.

Keywords: East Asia; cryptic species; drosophilid; mtDNA; taxonomy.

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Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Amiota shennongi Shao et Chen, sp. nov. ♂: (A) Epandrium (epand) and circus, lateral view; (B) surstylus (sur) and tenth sternite (st 10), ventral view; (C) hypandrium and gonopod, ventral view; (D, E) paramere(s), aedeagus, and aedeagal apodeme, ventral and lateral views. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. High quality figures are available online.
Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Amiota protuberantis Shao et Chen, sp. nov. ♂: (A) Epandrium (epand) and circus (cerc), lateral view; (B) surstylus (sur) and tenth sternite (st 10), ventral view; (C) hypandrium and gonopod, ventral view; (D) paramere, aedeagus, and aedeagal apodeme, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. High quality figures are available online.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Bayesian tree of the taurusata group deduced from the ND2 sequences using the site-specific mode numbers. These numbers are beside the nodes and are the posterior probabilities. High quality figures are available online.
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