The genus Scaptodrosophila Duda (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part III: the riverata species group from China, with morphological and molecular evidence for five new species

By

Lin, Yong
Chen, Hongwei

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

937

Pages

139--162

Subjects

cryptic species , DNA barcoding , integrative taxonomy , molecular research , new species group

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.937.49794

 

Abstract

A new species group, theriverataspecies group, is established within the genusScaptodrosophilabased on morphological and molecular evidence for five known and five new species from China:S. abdentatasp. nov.,S. cederholmi(Okada, 1988),S. crocata(Bock, 1976),S. paraclubata(Sundaran & Gupta, 1991),S. platyrhinasp. nov.,S. puncticeps(Okada, 1956),S. riverata(Singh & Gupta, 1977),S. serrateifoliaceasp. nov.,S. sinuatasp. nov.andS. tanyrhinasp. nov.A key to this group is provided. Furthermore, 51 mtDNACOIsequences belonging toS. puncticeps,S. riverataand the five new species are used for verifying species boundaries defined by the morphological data.