Open AccessDNA barcoding-based sexual association of Sovia lucasii and S. lii (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), with description of a new subspecies
Author(s) -
Qixiao Zhai,
Guo-Xi Xue,
Meng Li
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0183847
Subject(s) - subspecies , dna barcoding , biology , sexual dimorphism , taxon , zoology , lepidoptera genitalia , sympatric speciation , mitochondrial dna , evolutionary biology , ecology , gene , genetics
Both sexes of two sympatric and sexually dimorphic species, Sovia lucasii (Mabille, 1876) and S . lii Xue, 2015, are associated based on DNA barcoding using the COI (mitochondrial cytochrome coxidase I) gene. The females are thus identified for the first time, and their wing patterns and genitalia are described and illustrated for the convenience of morphological identification hereafter. A new subspecies, S . lucasii minor ssp. nov., from the northeastern and eastern parts of the Sichuan Basin of China, is reported. External and genital differences between the new taxon and the nominate subspecies, which is distributed in western Sichuan and newly discovered in northwestern Guangxi, are illustrated and discussed.