Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Stegana ornatipes species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in China, with description of a new species
1Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Tianhe, Guangzhou, 510642 China
2Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Datunlu, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100101 China
Abstract
A new species of the Stegana (Steganina) ornatipes species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is described from Hainan, China, S. (S.) xipengi sp. nov. Based on the mitochondrial ND2 and COI gene sequences, the relationships among eight species from mainland China of the ornatipes group, and their relationships to the undulata, nigrolimbata and shirozui species groups of the same subgenus, are investigated, using two species of the subgenus Stegana, S. emeiensis and S. quadrata, as outgroups. The result shows that S. (S.) mengla is debarred from the ornatipes group.
Keywords: Drosophilidae, molecular phylogeny, mitochondrial DNA, Stegana ornatipes group, Oriental region
Correspondence:
afabregas_l@hotmail.com,
bholy518125@126.com
c*hongweic@scau.edu.cn, *Corresponding author
Editor: Zhijian Jake Tu was editor of this paper
Received: 17 December 2009 | Accepted: 28 September 2010 | Published: 23 February 2011
Copyright: This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed.
ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 11, Number 20
Lu JM, Li T, Chen HW. 2011. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Stegana ornatipes species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in China, with description of a new species. Journal of Insect Science 11:20 available online: insectscience.org/11.20
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