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Five Independent Lineages Revealed by Integrative Taxonomy in the Dendropsophus nanus-Dendropsophus walfordi Species Complex

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Author(s):
Seger, Karin Regina [1] ; da Veiga Teixeira, Bernardo Franco [2] ; Annibale, Fabiane Santana [3] ; Rossa-Feres, Denise de Cerqueira [3] ; Lima, Albertina Pimentel [4] ; Andrade, Gilda Vasconcellos [5] ; Giaretta, Ariovaldo Antonio [2] ; Lourenco, Luciana Bolsoni [1]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Estrutural & Func, BR-13086863 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Uberlandia UFU, Fac Ciencias Integradas Pontal, Lab Taxon Sistemat & Ecol Comportamental Anuros N, Rua 20 1-600, BR-38304402 Ituiutaba, MG - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, Dept Ciencias Biol, BR-15054000 Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil
[4] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Amazonia INPA, Coordenadoria Pesquisas Ecol, BR-69011970 Manaus, AM - Brazil
[5] Univ Fed Maranhao UFMA, Ctr Ciencias Biol & Saude, Dept Biol, Campus Bacanga, BR-65080040 Sao Luis, MA - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: DIVERSITY-BASEL; v. 13, n. 11 NOV 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

One of the many taxonomic challenges found in the Dendropsophus microcephalus species group is the Dendropsophus walfordi distinction from D. nanus. Recent phylogenetic inferences have indicated the paraphyly of these species, although they were not designed to assess this issue. To contribute to the delimitation of these species, we analyzed the 12S, 16S and COI mitochondrial genes, the morphological traits, and the advertisement calls of specimens from northern Amazonia to Argentina, including the type localities of D. nanus and D. walfordi. Paraphyly of D. nanus with respect to D. walfordi was inferred by maximum-parsimony and Bayesian analyses, and five major clades exhibiting nonoverlapping geographic distributions were recognized. The bPTP and ABGD analyses supported the existence of five independently evolving lineages in this complex. Acoustic and morphological data clearly distinguished the clade that included the topotypes of D. walfordi from the others, corroborating the validity of this species. To avoid the paraphyly of D. nanus with respect to D. walfordi, we recognize the clade distributed from central-southern Brazil to Argentina as D. nanus, the clade distributed in Amazonia as D. walfordi, and discuss the existence of unnamed cryptic species closely related to D. nanus and D. walfordi. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 10/12600-4 - Molecular characterization of supernumerary chromosomes of Physalaemus feioi and Dendropsophus nanus (Amphibia, Anura) using microdissection and whole chromosome painting
Grantee:João Reinaldo da Cruz de Campos
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral