2018
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.4
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Taxonomic revision of the Square-tailed Drongo species complex (Passeriformes: Dicruridae) with description of a new species from western Africa

Abstract: We describe a new species of drongo in the Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii) complex using a combination of biometric and genetic data. The new species differs from previously described taxa in the Square-tailed Drongo complex by possessing a significantly heavier bill and via substantial genetic divergence (6.7%) from its sister-species D. sharpei. The new species is distributed across the gallery forests of coastal Guinea, extending to the Niger and Benue Rivers of Nigeria. We suspect that this taxon … Show more

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“…g. ruwenzori ) and are slightly smaller than the nucleotide divergence recovered among D. ludwigii lineages (Dxy range 0.016–0.0359; Fuchs et al . 2017a, 2018). According to the topology, the only individual we sampled from within the Ruwenzori Mountains on the border of Uganda and the DRC ( ruwenzori subspecies sensu stricto ; FMNH 438793) is nested within the putative persimilis subspecies, making the latter paraphyletic and reinforcing the view that ruwenzori and persimilis should be considered synonyms, with ruwenzori having priority.…”
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“…g. ruwenzori ) and are slightly smaller than the nucleotide divergence recovered among D. ludwigii lineages (Dxy range 0.016–0.0359; Fuchs et al . 2017a, 2018). According to the topology, the only individual we sampled from within the Ruwenzori Mountains on the border of Uganda and the DRC ( ruwenzori subspecies sensu stricto ; FMNH 438793) is nested within the putative persimilis subspecies, making the latter paraphyletic and reinforcing the view that ruwenzori and persimilis should be considered synonyms, with ruwenzori having priority.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The phylogeographical structure in the Olive Woodpecker differs from the pattern described in the co‐distributed Square‐tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii with respect to the sequence of divergence among the primary lineages; in the Olive Woodpecker, the Southern lineage ( griseocephalus ) diverged first and the Central African lineage ( ruwenzori ) is sister to the Eastern Arc Mountain lineage ( kilimensis ), whereas in the Square‐tailed Drongo, the Eastern Arc lineage diverged first and the southern lineage is sister to the Central African lineage (Fuchs et al . 2017a, 2018). Similar to our findings for the Olive Woodpecker, Bowie et al .…”
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