TY  - JOUR
A1  - Valle, Barbara
A1  - Cucini, Claudio
A1  - Nardi, Francesco
A1  - Caccianiga, Marco
A1  - Gobbi, Mauro
A1  - Di Musciano, Michele
A1  - Carapelli, Antonio
A1  - Ficetola, Gentile Francesco
A1  - Guerrieri, Alessia
A1  - Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo
T1  - Desoria calderonis sp. nov., a new species of alpine cryophilic springtail (Collembola: Isotomidae) from the Apennines (Italy), with phylogenetic and ecological considerations
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - We describe and delimit with integrative taxonomy the new springtail species Desoria calderonis sp. nov. (Collembola: Isotomidae). This cryophilic species is strictly linked to the supraglacial stony debris of the isolated Calderone glacier (Central Apennines, Italy), one of the southernmost glaciers of Europe. Desoria calderonis sp. nov. could belong to the nivalis-complex, a group of European mountain species included in the violacea-group. Genetic analysis (COI mtDNA barcoding) confirms the morphological attribution to the genus Desoria Nicolet in Desor, 1841, but highlights that the genus, in its current definition, is polyphyletic. We specify the peculiar micro-habitat preferences and highlight the threat of extinction for this cryophilic species in the context of the ongoing climate change and subsequent risk of complete disappearance of the glacier.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 787:32–52 
KW  - glacial biodiversity
KW  - glacial refugia
KW  - peripheral mountains
KW  - vanishing glaciers
KW  - unknown biodiversity
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/64509
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-645098
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2021
IS  - 787
SP  - 32
EP  - 52
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -