Authors
Sereina Rutschmann, Jean‐Luc Gattolliat, Samantha J Hughes, Marcos Báez, Michel Sartori, Michael T Monaghan
Publication date
2014/12
Journal
Freshwater Biology
Volume
59
Issue
12
Pages
2516-2527
Description
- The Canary Islands and Madeira are reportedly home to seven recognised species of baetid mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae), two of which also occur on the European mainland. Their species status remains unsure, and loss of habitat suggests they are of conservation concern.
- We applied morphological characters and a general mixed Yule‐coalescent (gmyc) model analysis of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene to delineate putative species within morphologically cryptic species groups Baetis (Rhodobaetis) and Cloeon dipterum s.l. We used a three‐gene mitochondrial data set (1450 base pairs) to infer phylogenetic relationships and a molecular clock calibrated using island geological ages to infer colonisation history.
- Genetic and morphological evidence indicated the presence of 12 putative species, 11 of which were endemic to the islands. Only Baetis atlanticus, on Madeira, also occurs …
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