Cheng Hsin-Ju, Bellini Bruno Cavalcante, Janssens Frans, Nakamori Taizo, Chang Chih-Han
Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. E-mail:
Department of Botany and Zoology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal 59072-970, RN, Brazil. E-mail:
Zool Stud. 2024 Nov 12;63:e42. doi: 10.6620/ZS.2024.63-42. eCollection 2024.
This is the first taxonomic study of Collembola in Taiwan integrating morphological and molecular evidence to investigate the Taiwanese species in the genus Börner. We discovered that specimens previously identified as (Folsom, 1899) actually consist of several cryptic species, of which we described two species new to science. Our data revealed that, although these species are remarkably similar to each other, they can be distinguished by color patterns, chaetotaxic characters and DNA barcoding (). We also designated one of the syntypes of (Folsom, 1899) as its lectotype, and treated (Salmon 1964) as a synonym of (Salmon 1964) (syn. nov.). Lastly, our study suggests that the diversity of Collembola in Taiwan is still poorly understood, with a high potential for new studies focusing on these microarthropods.
这是台湾弹尾目的首次分类学研究，整合了形态学和分子证据来调查博纳属的台湾物种。我们发现，先前被鉴定为（福尔松，1899年）的标本实际上由几个隐存种组成，其中我们描述了两个科学新物种。我们的数据显示，尽管这些物种彼此非常相似，但它们可以通过颜色模式、刚毛序特征和DNA条形码（）来区分。我们还指定了（福尔松，1899年）的一个合模式标本作为其选模式标本，并将（萨尔蒙，1964年）视为（萨尔蒙，1964年）的同义词（新异名）。最后，我们的研究表明，台湾弹尾目的多样性仍未得到充分了解，针对这些微型节肢动物的新研究具有很大潜力。
