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SUBMITTER: Torres-Carvajal O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3520105 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Torres-Carvajal Omar O Yánez-Muñoz Mario H MH Quirola Diego D Eric N Smith Almendáriz Ana A
ZooKeys 20121127 244
We describe a new species of Imantodes from the Chocó region of northwestern Ecuador. The new species differs most significantly from all other congeners in lacking a loreal scale. We analyze the phylogenetic relationships among species of Imantodes based on two mitochondrial genes, and postulate that the new species and Imantodes lentiferus are sister taxa. A key to the species of Imantodes from Ecuador is presented. ...[more]