Contributions to the knowledge of Eylaoidea (Acari: Hydrachnidiae) from China
- 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.
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| Author: | Hai-Tao Li, Dao-Chao Jin, Tian-Ci Yi, Jian-Jun GuoORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-645108 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.787.1613 |
| ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
| Parent Title (German): | European journal of taxonomy |
| Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (787:53–70) |
| Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
| Place of publication: | Paris |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2021/12/29 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2021/12/29 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2022/01/25 |
| Tag: | Glacial biodiversity; glacial refugia; peripheral mountains; unknown biodiversity; vanishing glaciers |
| Volume: | 2021 |
| Issue: | 787 |
| Page Number: | 18 |
| First Page: | 53 |
| Last Page: | 70 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 490978665 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-257882 |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |
