DNA barcoding of Sialis sp. (Megaloptera) in Portugal: the missing tool to species identification

ABSTRACT: DNA barcoding is increasingly used to identify species in a rapid and automated way, and may be particularly useful for morphologically similar larvae of aquatic insects. Identification of aquatic larvae of the alderfly genus Sialis Latreille, 1803 is troublesome due to limited morphological characters, though terrestrial adults are readily identifiable morphologically. This greatly limits our understanding of Sialis distribution and ecology, as adults are generally difficult to find and collect. In Portugal, only Sialis fuliginosa Pictet, 1836 has been previously collected, but there are numerous records of unidentified Sialis larvae. Based on morphology and DNA barcoding of the adult specimens recently collected in the country, we confirmed the presence of S. fuliginosa and in addition d

SUBMITTER: Sónia Ferreira 

PROVIDER: S-BSST335 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other