Perspectives in earthworm molecular phylogeny: recent advances in lumbricoidea and standing questions

DF Marchán, T Decaëns, J Domínguez, M Novo - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Earthworm systematics have been limited by the small number of taxonomically informative
morphological characters and high levels of homoplasy in this group. However, molecular …

DNA barcoding: methods and approaches

SV Shekhovtsov, IN Shekhovtsova, SE Peltek - Biology Bulletin Reviews, 2019 - Springer
The DNA barcoding method proposed 15 years ago has gained considerable popularity.
This work provides a review of methodical approaches in this field and their progress over …

Local-scale DNA barcoding of afrotropical hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): A case study of the eastern free state of South Africa

MM Kamdem, M Ramoejane, P Voua Otomo - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hoverflies are regarded as the second most important pollinators after
bees. They also provide important environmental services including the biodegradation of …

Genome-informed integrative taxonomic description of three cryptic species in the earthworm genus Carpetania (Oligochaeta, Hormogastridae)

DF Marchán, R Fernández, J Domínguez… - Systematics and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Research on cryptic species complexes has reached a consensus on the necessity of
integrating multiple sources of evidence. Reduced representation library techniques such as …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing earthworm biodiversity estimated by DNA metabarcoding and morphology-based approaches

MA Lilja, Ž Buivydaitė, A Zervas, PH Krogh… - Applied Soil …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional identification based on morphology is today's tool of choice for monitoring
earthworm diversity. However, it requires skills to distinguish specific features, which can …

Assembling a DNA barcode reference library for the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Pakistan

M Ashfaq, G Blagoev, HM Tahir, AM Khan… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Morphological study of 1,795 spiders from sites across Pakistan placed these specimens in
27 families and 202 putative species. COI sequences> 400 bp recovered from 1,782 …

Global species delimitation of the cosmopolitan marine littoral earthworm Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855)

T Seesamut, Y Oba, P Jirapatrasilp, S Martinsson… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The marine littoral earthworm Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855) is widely distributed and is
reported as a single species. This study utilized an integrative taxonomic approach based …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration of four new Kanchuria sp. of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the North Eastern Region of India using DNA bar-coding approach

AR Lone, N Tiwari, SS Thakur, O Pearlson… - Journal of Asia-Pacific …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present investigation was carried out on the earthworms collected from the reserve
forests of Meghalaya, which is a part of the North Eastern Region of India, a hot spot of …

Environmental drivers of genetic diversity and phylogeographic pattern in urban earthworms

A Mautuit, DF Marchán, S Barantal, M Brand… - European Journal of Soil …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cities represent expanding landscapes across the Earth's surface, significantly replacing
natural and agricultural landscapes [1, 2] and are projected to cover 8% of the world's land …

Three uncharted endemic earthworm species of the genus Eutyphoeus (Oligochaeta: Octochaetidae) from Mizoram, India.

N Tiwari, AR Lone, SS Thakur, SW James, S Yadav - Zootaxa, 2021 - europepmc.org
Integrative approach of taxonomy drives us to the discovery of three new species of the
genus Eutyphoeus Michaelsen 1900, namely Eutyphoeus phawngpuiensis sp. nov …