Garzia Matteo, Berrilli Emanuele, Lunghi Enrico, Coppari Luca, Delcour Nathan, Salvi Daniele
Department of Health, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio snc, Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Animals (Basel). 2025 Aug 19;15(16):2429. doi: 10.3390/ani15162429.
Cave crickets of the genus (Orthoptera; Rhaphidophoridae) represent a key component of cave ecosystems. In Italy, nine species are currently known, distributed from the northwestern regions to the southernmost Apennines, with occurrences also along various Tyrrhenian coastal areas and islands, including Sardinia. In this study, we focus on the Apennine region, where we sampled 18 populations of spp. and sequenced mitochondrial markers ( and 16S) from newly collected individuals to investigate their distribution and genetic diversity. Our analyses identified two previously unrecognized lineages within . Moreover, the sampled caves in the northern Apennines allowed us to refine the distributional ranges of , , and . Finally, we provide comments to support a future taxonomic revision of the group.
属（直翅目；驼螽科）的洞蟋是洞穴生态系统的关键组成部分。在意大利，目前已知有九个物种，分布于西北部地区至最南端的亚平宁山脉，在第勒尼安海沿岸的各个地区和岛屿（包括撒丁岛）也有出现。在本研究中，我们聚焦于亚平宁地区，在那里我们对属的18个种群进行了采样，并对新采集个体的线粒体标记（和16S）进行了测序，以研究它们的分布和遗传多样性。我们的分析在属中识别出两个先前未被认识的谱系。此外，亚平宁山脉北部采样的洞穴使我们能够细化**、和的分布范围。最后，我们提供了相关评论以支持该类群未来的分类修订。
