Por favor, use este identificador para citar o enlazar a este item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/152133
COMPARTIR / EXPORTAR:
SHARE CORE BASE | |
Visualizar otros formatos: MARC | Dublin Core | RDF | ORE | MODS | METS | DIDL | DATACITE | |
Título: | The sibling species Leptidea juvernica and L. sinapis (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) in the Balkan Peninsula: ecology, genetic structure, and morphological variation |
Autor: | Shtinkov, Nikolay; Kolev, Zdravko; Vila, Roger CSIC ORCID ; Dincă, Vlad | Palabras clave: | Cryptic species Genital morphology Ecological niche separation Speciation Leptidea species complex |
Fecha de publicación: | feb-2016 | Editor: | Elsevier | Citación: | Zoology 119(1): 11-20 (2016) | Resumen: | The wood white butterfly Leptidea sinapis and its more recently discovered sibling species L. reali and L. juvernica have emerged as a model system for studying the speciation and evolution of cryptic species, as well as their ecological interactions in conditions of sympatry. Leptidea sinapis is widely distributed from Western Europe to Central Asia while the synmorphic L. juvernica and L. reali have allopatric distributions, both occurring in sympatry with L. sinapis and exhibiting an intricate, regionally variable ecological niche separation. Until now, the Balkan Peninsula remained one of the major unknowns in terms of distribution, genetic structure, and ecological preferences of the Leptidea triplet in Europe. We present new molecular and morphological data from a detailed survey of the region. Our DNA analysis suggests that the Balkan populations belong only to L. sinapis and L. juvernica, and that they are not genetically differentiated from other mainland populations. The distribution data reveal that L. sinapis is a widespread habitat generalist, while L. juvernica exhibits a transition from a habitat generalist in the western Balkans to a localised habitat specialist, confined to humid mountain habitats, in the east. The morphometric analysis of male genitalia and a comparison to data from other parts of the species' ranges suggest an interesting mosaic of regional morphological variation that is likely linked to environmental and ecological factors. We also demonstrate the usefulness of the genitalia scaling relations for analysing the morphological variation and discuss the implications for species identification. | Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2015.12.003 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/152133 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.zool.2015.12.003 | ISSN: | 0944-2006 | E-ISSN: | 1873-2720 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | (IBE) Artículos |
Ficheros en este ítem:
Fichero | Descripción | Tamaño | Formato | |
---|---|---|---|---|
sibling_species_Vlad.pdf | 1,02 MB | Adobe PDF | Visualizar/Abrir |
CORE Recommender
SCOPUSTM
Citations
8
checked on 24-may-2024
WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations
5
checked on 22-feb-2024
Page view(s)
307
checked on 28-may-2024
Download(s)
732
checked on 28-may-2024
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
Altmetric
Este item está licenciado bajo una Licencia Creative Commons