Studies on Longidorus iberis (Escuer & Arias, 1997) n. comb. (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from Spain

Specimens of a thin longidorid species collected in Peñalba (Huesca), north-west Spain, were previously described as Paralongidorus iberis. However, we conclude, through scanning electron microscopy and molecular studies on a population from about 15 km from the type locality and on paratype specimens, that this species was originally placed in the wrong genus. Both populations have pore-like amphidial apertures, not slit-like as in Paralongidorus, and the species is therefore transferred to Longidorus. Longidorus iberis n. comb. is regarded as a valid species and is clearly different from closely related species such as L. tabernensis, L. iliturgiensis, L. alvegus and L. indalus in morphometrics and molecular markers. Molecular data are reported for the first time, including the D2-D3 expansion segments of 28S rRNA, ITS1 rRNA, partial 18S rRNA and partial mitochondrial coxI regions. These molecular markers were used for inferring the phylogenetic relationships with other species within Longidorus and Paralongidorus, all clearly separating L. iberis n. comb. from other related taxa and placing the species in the Longidorus clade, rather than with Paralongidorus.

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Main Authors: Clavero-Camacho, Ilenia, Liébanas, Gracia, Escuer, M., Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, C., Archidona-Yuste, Antonio, Castillo, Pablo, Palomares Rius, Juan E.
Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Format: artículo biblioteca
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2021-02-23
Subjects:Cytochrome oxidase c subunit 1, D2-D3 of 28S rRNA, Description, ITS1 rRNA, Mastic, Molecular, Morphology, Morphometrics, New combination, Paralongidorus iberis, Phylogeny, Pistacia lentiscus, Rhamno-Cocciferetum, SEM, Taxonomy,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/268120
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837
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