Quadrus (Zera) gellius ( Mabille, 1903 )
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10621955 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF04E441-FFD0-2A00-B996-45BD5F58FE47 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Quadrus (Zera) gellius ( Mabille, 1903 ) |
status |
|
Quadrus (Zera) gellius ( Mabille, 1903) and Quadrus (Zera) servius ( Plötz, 1884) are species distinct from Quadrus (Zera) hyacinthinus (Mabille, 1877)
Genomic sequencing of the lectotype of Achlyodes servius Plötz, 1884 (type locality in Brazil, sequenced as NVG-21115E08) from “Rio” in MFNB currently treated as a subspecies of Quadrus (Zera) hyacinthinus (Mabille, 1877) (type locality not specified, likely in Central America) reveals that it is in a clade different from it and instead is closer to Quadrus (Zera) tetrastigma (Sepp, [1847]) (type locality in Suriname) while being genetically differentiated from the latter as well ( Fig. 1 View Figure 1 , 2a View Figure 2 ), e.g., COI barcode difference of 0.9% (6 bp) while showing consistent separation in the Z chromosome with Fst / Gmin of 0.51/0.002. Furthermore, Pythonides gellius Mabille, 1903 (type locality in “ Ecuador ”, likely in SE South America), currently another subspecies of Q. hyacinthinus , while being closer related to it than A. servius , is also non-monophyletic with it and shows notable genetic differentiation from it ( Fig. 1 View Figure 1 , 2a View Figure 2 ), e.g., COI barcode difference of 3.8% (25 bp). Therefore, we propose that Quadrus (Zera) gellius ( Mabille, 1903) , restored status, and Quadrus (Zera) servius ( Plötz, 1884) , restored status, are species distinct from Quadrus (Zera) hyacinthinus (Mabille, 1877) and from Quadrus (Zera) tetrastigma (Sepp, [1847]) .
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.