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              Roncus ladestani
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            sp. n. and
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              Roncus pecmliniensis
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            sp. n., two new Pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae) from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively

Rađa, Tonći; Dimitrijevic, R.N.; Ćurčić, B.P.M.; Ćurčić, Srećko

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“…Although 17 Roncus species from Croatia are included in published identification keys 24 , 25 , many of these remain difficult to identify to the species level based on the available genetic data and morphology. Generally, the genus is characterized by several species-complexes and the diagnostic boundaries between species are often unclear 83 .…”

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“…The taxonomic literature pertaining to Croatian pseudoscorpions is fragmentary and contains incomplete distributional data, is biased towards single-specimen descriptions, and is burdened with taxonomic redundancy and radical changes in generic classification schemes 17 , 22 . The type specimens of many Dinaric species are either part of private collections, lost, or have not been deposited in the designated depositories as stated in their original descriptions 23 – 25 , thereby impeding or even completely preventing taxonomic work. However, the application of DNA barcoding in conjunction with species descriptions offer an avenue towards reevaluating species diversity in the Dinaric Karst both morphologically and genetically.…”

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Molecular analyses of pseudoscorpions in a subterranean biodiversity hotspot reveal cryptic diversity and microendemism

Hlebec

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Kučinić

et al. 2023

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Nested within the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot, the Dinaric Karst of the western Balkans is one of the world’s most heterogeneous subterranean ecosystems and renowned for its highly diverse and mostly endemic fauna. The evolutionary processes leading to both endemism and diversity remain insufficiently understood, and large-scale analyses on taxa that are abundant in both subterranean and surface habitats remain infrequent. Here, we provide the first comprehensive molecular study on Croatian pseudoscorpions, a lineage of arachnids that is common and diverse in both habitats. Phylogenetic reconstructions using 499 COI sequences derived from 128 morphospecies collected across the Dinaric Karst show that: (i) occurrence in karstic microhabitats boosters speciation and endemism in the most diverse genera Chthonius C.L. Koch, 1843 (37 morphospecies) and Neobisium Chamberlin, 1930 (34 morphospecies), (ii) evidence for ongoing diversification is found in many species and species complexes through low optimal thresholds (OTs) and species delineation analyses, and (iii) landscape features, such as mountain ranges, correlate with patterns of genetic diversity in the diverse genus Neobisium. We present two synonymies: Protoneobisium Ćurčić, 1988 = Neobisium, syn. nov., and Archaeoroncus Ćurčić and Rađa, 2012 = Roncus L. Koch, 1873, syn. nov. Overall, our study suggests that karstic microhabitats promote diversification in soil- and cave-dwelling arthropods at all taxonomic levels, but also provide important refugia for invertebrates in past and present periods of environmental change.

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