Connecting systematic and ecological studies using DNA barcoding in a population survey of Drosophilidae (Diptera) from Mt Oku (Cameroon)

  • Stéphane R. Prigent Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB) UMR 7205 CNRS-MNHN-UPMC-EPHE, PSL University, Paris
  • Arnaud Suwalski Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB) UMR 7205 CNRS-MNHN-UPMC-EPHE, PSL University, Paris
  • Michel Veuille Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB) UMR 7205 CNRS-MNHN-UPMC-EPHE, PSL University, Paris
Keywords: barcode, Drosophila, Zaprionus, Sophophora, Cameroon

Abstract

The characters used in taxonomy to describe new species cannot always be used to identify species in population surveys involving large samples. We used DNA barcoding to validate the taxonomic status of the morphospecies used in an ecological study involving 11 000 individual African drosophilids which had been determined without dissection. Some taxonomic information had been lost by not discriminating between rare species or by mistakenly splitting a morphologically variable species into two groups. However, the original ecological dataset provided a reliable picture of species diversity and the conclusions based on the original dataset are still supported by the molecular data.

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Published
2017-02-27
How to Cite
Prigent, S. R., Suwalski, A., & Veuille, M. (2017). Connecting systematic and ecological studies using DNA barcoding in a population survey of Drosophilidae (Diptera) from Mt Oku (Cameroon). European Journal of Taxonomy, (287). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.287