Jacobsen Niels H G, Kuhn Arianna L, Kuhn Arianna L, Jackman Todd R, Bauer Aaron M
P. O. Box 671, Wilderness 6560, Republic of South Africa; Email: unknown.
Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA; Email: unknown.
Zootaxa. 2014 Aug 5;3846(4):451-501. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.1.
A molecular phylogeny of the largely rupicolous geckos of the gekkonid genus Afroedura is presented based on a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequence data. Previously recognized species groups are only partly recovered, with A. pondolia retrieved as very distantly related to the congeners to which it was previously considered allied. Afroedura hawequensis forms a monotypic group that is sister to all other species, which are allocated to the A. nivaria, A. transvaalica, A. africana, A. multiporis, A. marleyi, and A. langi groups. The taxonomic status of species occurring in the former Transvaal province of South Africa (now Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces) is reviewed based on morphological and molecular evidence. Afroedura rupestris sp. nov. is described in the A. multiporis group, A. maripi sp. nov., A. pongola sp. nov., and A. rondavelica sp. nov., are described in the A. marleyi group, and A. broadleyi sp. nov., A. granitica sp. nov., A. leoloensis sp. nov., A. pienaari sp. nov., and A. waterbergensis sp. nov. are described in the A. langi group. In addition, A. haackei, A. namaquensis, and A. tirasensis, are all raised to specific status. The description of nine new species highlights Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces as previously unrecognized centers of diversity for the genus Afroedura. A key to the species of Afroedura is provided.
基于线粒体和核基因序列数据的组合，呈现了壁虎科Afroedura属主要栖息于岩石地带的壁虎的分子系统发育。先前认可的物种组仅部分得到恢复，A. pondolia被发现与之前认为与其有亲缘关系的同属物种关系非常疏远。Afroedura hawequensis形成一个单型组，是所有其他物种的姐妹群，其他物种被归入A. nivaria、A. transvaalica、A. africana、A. multiporis、A. marleyi和A. langi组。基于形态学和分子证据，对南非前德兰士瓦省（现为林波波省和姆普马兰加省）出现的物种的分类地位进行了审查。在A. multiporis组中描述了新物种Afroedura rupestris sp. nov.，在A. marleyi组中描述了A. maripi sp. nov.、A. pongola sp. nov.和A. rondavelica sp. nov.，在A. langi组中描述了A. broadleyi sp. nov.、A. granitica sp. nov.、A. leoloensis sp. nov.、A. pienaari sp. nov.和A. waterbergensis sp. nov.。此外，A. haackei、A. namaquensis和A. tirasensis都被提升为独立物种。九个新物种的描述突出了林波波省和姆普马兰加省是之前未被认可的Afroedura属的多样性中心。提供了Afroedura属物种的检索表。
