Integrative Taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) Reveals Eight New Species
Tetrigidae is one of the largest orthopteran families, but very few studies so far have integrated molecular and morphological data. Unsurprisingly, few species have been DNA barcoded, and the unresolved taxonomy makes Tetrigidae a difficult group to work with. Here, we examined a sample of 90 speci...
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| author | Niko Kasalo Daniel H. Janzen Winnie Hallwachs Allison Brown Martin Husemann Mathias Vielsäcker Tomislav Domazet-Lošo Damjan Franjević Madan Subedi Domagoj Bogić Josip Skejo |
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| description | Tetrigidae is one of the largest orthopteran families, but very few studies so far have integrated molecular and morphological data. Unsurprisingly, few species have been DNA barcoded, and the unresolved taxonomy makes Tetrigidae a difficult group to work with. Here, we examined a sample of 90 specimens collected as a part of the Costa Rican DNA barcoding project and identified 20 species assigned to 24 BINs, among which are 8 newly described species: <i>Scaria bimaculata</i> sp. nov., <i>Lophotettix semicristatus</i> sp. nov., <i>Otumba auricarinata</i> sp. nov., <i>Otumba tenuis</i> sp. nov., <i>Otumba ignicula</i> sp. nov., <i>Metrodora mollilobata</i> sp. nov., <i>Metrodora ala</i> sp. nov., and <i>Platythorus inabsolutus</i> sp. nov. We found that coloration and lateral lobe shape are species-specific among the examined species of Batrachideinae and Metrodorinae and that Lophotettiginae and <i>Metrodora</i> might be more closely related than previously assumed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-952b73b45cd4434da410ffe66afde7342025-08-20T03:43:11ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182025-03-0117319010.3390/d17030190Integrative Taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) Reveals Eight New SpeciesNiko Kasalo0Daniel H. Janzen1Winnie Hallwachs2Allison Brown3Martin Husemann4Mathias Vielsäcker5Tomislav Domazet-Lošo6Damjan Franjević7Madan Subedi8Domagoj Bogić9Josip Skejo10Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USADepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USACentre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaStaatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstraße 13, 76133 Karlsruhe, GermanyStaatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstraße 13, 76133 Karlsruhe, GermanyLaboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaEvolution Lab, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaAgriculture Science Center, Directorate of Research and Extension, Agriculture and Forestry University, Ghyalchok, Gorkha 34000, NepalEvolution Lab, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaEvolution Lab, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaTetrigidae is one of the largest orthopteran families, but very few studies so far have integrated molecular and morphological data. Unsurprisingly, few species have been DNA barcoded, and the unresolved taxonomy makes Tetrigidae a difficult group to work with. Here, we examined a sample of 90 specimens collected as a part of the Costa Rican DNA barcoding project and identified 20 species assigned to 24 BINs, among which are 8 newly described species: <i>Scaria bimaculata</i> sp. nov., <i>Lophotettix semicristatus</i> sp. nov., <i>Otumba auricarinata</i> sp. nov., <i>Otumba tenuis</i> sp. nov., <i>Otumba ignicula</i> sp. nov., <i>Metrodora mollilobata</i> sp. nov., <i>Metrodora ala</i> sp. nov., and <i>Platythorus inabsolutus</i> sp. nov. We found that coloration and lateral lobe shape are species-specific among the examined species of Batrachideinae and Metrodorinae and that Lophotettiginae and <i>Metrodora</i> might be more closely related than previously assumed.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/3/190DNA barcodingpygmy grasshopperNeotropicsCOIBOLD systems |
| spellingShingle | Niko Kasalo Daniel H. Janzen Winnie Hallwachs Allison Brown Martin Husemann Mathias Vielsäcker Tomislav Domazet-Lošo Damjan Franjević Madan Subedi Domagoj Bogić Josip Skejo Integrative Taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) Reveals Eight New Species Diversity DNA barcoding pygmy grasshopper Neotropics COI BOLD systems |
| title | Integrative Taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) Reveals Eight New Species |
| title_full | Integrative Taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) Reveals Eight New Species |
| title_fullStr | Integrative Taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) Reveals Eight New Species |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrative Taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) Reveals Eight New Species |
| title_short | Integrative Taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) Reveals Eight New Species |
| title_sort | integrative taxonomy of costa rican tetrigidae orthoptera reveals eight new species |
| topic | DNA barcoding pygmy grasshopper Neotropics COI BOLD systems |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/3/190 |
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