Open AccessMolecular phylogenetic analysis of the Amiota taurusata species group within the Chinese species, with descriptions of two new species
Author(s) -
Zhen-fang Shao,
Tong Li,
Jianjun Jiang,
Jinming Lu,
Hongwei Chen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of insect science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1536-2442
DOI - 10.1093/jis/14.1.33
Subject(s) - biology , phylogenetic tree , mitochondrial dna , drosophilidae , species group , zoology , phylogenetics , cytochrome c oxidase , nadh dehydrogenase , clade , cytochrome b , gene , taxonomy (biology) , species complex , evolutionary biology , genetics , mitochondrion , drosophila melanogaster
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.
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