A revision of the status of Psolodesmus mandarinus based on molecular and morphological evidence (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

作者：Lin Sue cheng^*; Chen Young fa; Shieh Sen her; Yang Ping shih

来源：Odonatologica, 2014, 43(1-2): 51-66.

• Dragonfly
• damselfly
• Zygoptera
• Psolodesmus kuroiwae
• P. mandarinus dorothea
• nuclear DNA
• mitochondrial DNA
• pterostigma
• taxonomy

To investigate the relationships between the three recognized taxa in the genus Psolodesmus, traditionally ranked as subspecies of Psolodesmus mandarin us: mandarin us, dorothea and kuroiwae, the nuclear internal transcribed spacers and ribosomal 5.8S gene, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene, and wing pterostigma data were analyzed. Both molecular and morphological evidence suggest the presence of two distinct species, viz. P. mandarinus in Taiwan and P. kuroiwae in the Japanese Yaeyama Islands. Based on our results we continue the traditional practice of dividing the Taiwanese populations of P. mandarinus into two geographical subspecies, P. m. mandarinus in northern Taiwan and P. m. dorothea in central and southern Taiwan.

• 出版日期2014-6-1