An incomplete European barcode library has a strong impact on the identification success of Lepidoptera from Greece |
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Author: | Huemer, Peter1; Mutanen, Marko2 |
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1Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen, Sammlungs- und Forschungszentrum, Tiroler Landesmuseen Betriebsges.m.b.H., 6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria 2Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.3 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022051836439 |
Language: | English |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,
2022
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Publish Date: | 2022-05-18 |
Description: |
AbstractSpecies identification by means of DNA barcodes depends essentially on the scope and quality of a relevant reference library. The first analysis of a large number (about 600 morphospecies) of southern European Lepidoptera (Greece: Peloponnese) shows both the advantages and disadvantages with regard to a reliable identification of Mediterranean species. We determined 946 DNA barcode sequences from 47 families, of which 929 sequences from 46 families were successfully assigned to a Barcode Index Number (BIN) in the global Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) database. A species level identification for 485 BINs representing 477 Linnaean names was successful. These taxa include 34 new records for Greece. However, 128 BINs (c. 20% of the inventory) could not be attached to a Linnaean name from referenced sequences available in BOLD. Of these BINs, 99 are new and hence represent unique records for BOLD. Intra- and inter-BIN divergences are presented and discussed. An initial and preliminary in-depth analysis of randomly selected species indicates an incomplete DNA barcode library in terms of Linnean taxa, in addition to a considerable number of probably undescribed species. It is therefore strongly recommended that the already advanced European barcode library of Lepidoptera should be supplemented with not-yet-sequenced taxa from the Mediterranean. see all
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Diversity |
ISSN: | 1424-2818 |
ISSN-E: | 1424-2818 |
ISSN-L: | 1424-2818 |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 2 |
Article number: | 118 |
DOI: | 10.3390/d14020118 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.3390/d14020118 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology |
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