Additional distributional records of scolopendrid centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Kerala

Sureshan, P. M.; Khanna, Vinod C.; Radhakrishnan, C.

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“…These include D. barnabasi, D. coonoorensis, D. gravely, D. pruthii, D. chittonii and D. indicus [38] . Since most of the available published records of these species were from wet evergreen forests of the WG [32] , [33] , [38] , sampling was done across the wet forests of WG encompassing the rainfall and altitudinal gradients present within these forests. The specimen collection permits were obtained from Kerala (PR NO- WL12-2936/2008) and Karnataka (D/WL/CR-23/2008–2010) forest departments to sample in the protected areas.…”

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“…For example, in the case of centipedes (Arthropoda: Chilopoda) there have only been a few studies in the WG. Most of the studies produced species checklists for some parts of the WG [32] , [33] . Furthermore among centipedes, species identification based on external morphological characters has been problematic [34] , [35] .…”

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“…Furthermore, very little information about their distribution and habitat requirements was provided. Two recent surveys in southern parts of the WG have not contributed much to our understanding of their distribution [32] , [33] . Thus, a systematic study evaluating taxonomic status of these species and their distributional ranges encompassing the entire WG is needed.…”

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Coalescent Method in Conjunction with Niche Modeling Reveals Cryptic Diversity among Centipedes in the Western Ghats of South India

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Karanth

2012

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BackgroundThere has been growing interest in integrative taxonomy that uses data from multiple disciplines for species delimitation. Typically, in such studies, monophyly is taken as a proxy for taxonomic distinctiveness and these units are treated as potential species. However, monophyly could arise due to stochastic processes. Thus here, we have employed a recently developed tool based on coalescent approach to ascertain the taxonomic distinctiveness of various monophyletic units. Subsequently, the species status of these taxonomic units was further tested using corroborative evidence from morphology and ecology. This inter-disciplinary approach was implemented on endemic centipedes of the genus Digitipes (Attems 1930) from the Western Ghats (WG) biodiversity hotspot of India. The species of the genus Digitipes are morphologically conserved, despite their ancient late Cretaceous origin.Principal FindingsOur coalescent analysis based on mitochondrial dataset indicated the presence of nine putative species. The integrative approach, which includes nuclear, morphology, and climate datasets supported distinctiveness of eight putative species, of which three represent described species and five were new species. Among the five new species, three were morphologically cryptic species, emphasizing the effectiveness of this approach in discovering cryptic diversity in less explored areas of the tropics like the WG. In addition, species pairs showed variable divergence along the molecular, morphological and climate axes.ConclusionsA multidisciplinary approach illustrated here is successful in discovering cryptic diversity with an indication that the current estimates of invertebrate species richness for the WG might have been underestimated. Additionally, the importance of measuring multiple secondary properties of species while defining species boundaries was highlighted given variable divergence of each species pair across the disciplines.

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Coalescent Method in Conjunction with Niche Modeling Reveals Cryptic Diversity among Centipedes in the Western Ghats of South India

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2012

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“…Scolopendromorphs especially the slender cryptopids examined in Petri dishes containing ethylene glycol monophenol ether before microscopic examinations for clearing the specimens (Pereira 2000). For taxonomic identification of Scolopendridae, keys by Jangi & Dass (1984), Lewis (2010), illustrated key by Sureshan et al (2006) were followed. For Cryptopidae, keys by Attems (1930), Dhanya et al (2012) were used for identification of species.…”

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<b>Influence of seasonal and edaphic factors on the diversity of scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) and general observations on their ecology from Kerala, India</b>

Balan¹,

Sureshan²

2017

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“…With a few exceptions, the invertebrate fauna of the Western Ghats has been inadequately studied both in terms of their diversity and conservation priorities (Kunte in press). Though an integral part of the soil ecosystems, the fauna of scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) of the Western Ghats is still little known except for the pioneering works by Attems (1930), Jangi & Dass (1984), Yadav (1993) and Sureshan et al (2006). A perusal of the literature reveals the occurrence of 40 species of scolopendrid centipedes belonging to eight genera and two families in the Western Ghats.…”

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A new species of centipede of the genus Cryptops Leach (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) from southern Western Ghats with a key to the species of Cryptops in India

Balan¹,

Sureshan²,

Khanna³

2012

J. Threat. Taxa

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Additional distributional records of scolopendrid centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Kerala

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Coalescent Method in Conjunction with Niche Modeling Reveals Cryptic Diversity among Centipedes in the Western Ghats of South India

Coalescent Method in Conjunction with Niche Modeling Reveals Cryptic Diversity among Centipedes in the Western Ghats of South India

<b>Influence of seasonal and edaphic factors on the diversity of scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) and general observations on their ecology from Kerala, India</b>

A new species of centipede of the genus Cryptops Leach (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) from southern Western Ghats with a key to the species of Cryptops in India

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