Draculoides mesozeirus Harvey, Berry, Edward and Humphreys, 2008

Abrams, Kym M., Huey, Joel A., Hillyer, Mia J., Didham, Raphael K. & Harvey, Mark S., 2020, A systematic revision of Draculoides (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) of the Pilbara, Western Australia, Part I: the Western Pilbara, Zootaxa 4864 (1), pp. 1-75 : 59

Draculoides mesozeirus Harvey, Berry, Edward and Humphreys, 2008

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Draculoides mesozeirus Harvey, Berry, Edward and Humphreys 2008: 182–183 , figs. 10, 25–28; Abrams et al. 2019 MPE 106532: 8, fig. 2.

Material examined. Holotype female. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Middle Robe (Borehole M 2ERC027, trap 1), 23.5 km E of Pannawonica, 21°41’5”S, 116°32’27”E, March–May 2005, M. Greenham, D. Kamien and L. Mould ( WAM T 63329).

Paratypes. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 1 ♀, same data as holotype ( WAM T 63330) ; 1 ♀, Middle Robe, Borehole M 2ERC034, 23.3 km E of Pannawonica , 21°41’4”S, 116°32’21”E, March–May 2005, M. Greenham, D. Kamien and L. Mould ( WAM T 63328) .

Other material. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: See Harvey et al. (2008); Abrams et al. (2019).

Diagnosis. Males are unknown. Draculoides mesozeirus is phylogenetically ( Fig. 2 ) and geographically ( Fig. 1D ) most closely related to D. carmillae , D. claudiae and D. nosferatu . It differs from D. carmillae in the posterior position of flagellar seta dl 1 in relation to vl1 (dl1 is anterior to vl 1 in D. carmillae ). It differs from D. nosferatu in the short, broad shape of the gonopod (elongated, rectangular gonopod in D. nosferatu ). It is currently not possible to distinguish D. mesozeirus from D. claudiae on morphology alone because adults of D. claudiae are unknown and juvenile morphology is not distinctive. Draculoides mesozeirus can be diagnosed from all other Draculoides species that were sequenced at COI and 12S by the 50bp mini-barcodes shown in Figures 3 and 5 . Draculoides mesozeirus can be diagnosed from all other Draculoides species that were sequenced at ITS2 ( Fig. 7 ) except for D. nosferatu , D. claudiae and D. carmillae , which are not distinguishable using the ITS2 mini-barcode.

Description. See Harvey et al. (2008).

Remarks. Draculoides mesozeirus is restricted to one of the un-named Middle Robe mesas, located between the mesas inhabited by D. claudiae and D. carmillae , situated east of Pannawonica in the Pilbara region of Western Australia ( Fig. 1D ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map of an area of the Pilbara described as “West Pilbara” for the purposes of this study, showing the distribution of the named Draculoides species. Inset maps show species distributions in finer detail encompassing areas A: Warramboo, Mesas A, B and C and “BudgieBore”; B: Bungaroo, Mesas G, H, J, K and L; C: Cochrane and Jewell, Kens Bore, Cane and Upper Cane River, Trinity Bore and Catho Well, Mt. Stuart Station; D: Middle Robe, Robe Valley; E: Bungaroo South, West Pit, Buckland Hills and Dragon deposit.

FIGURE 2. Maximum Likelihood tree, based on the reduced dataset. See Methods for details. Each terminal represents a single species or OTU, with named species in bold. Clades are identified using dashed boxes and shaded boxes encompass the species discussed in this study. Nodes with bootstrap support <80 are not shown, except for the common ancestor of the Draculoides radiation.

FIGURE 3. COI mini-barcodes for all Draculoides species including the operational taxonomic units used in Abrams et al. (2019). This barcode is the maximally diagnostic 50 bp fragment of DNA. Genetic variation within species is shown using IUPAC Ambiguity Codes. See Methods for details. The position of the mini-barcode is reported relative to a specimen of Draculoides celatus (WAM T98698, GenBank number MG913085). The blue tree on the left groups minibarcodes which are most similar to each other but does not represent an accurate phylogeny. The coloured bases in the figure are those that differ from the consensus reference sequence.

FIGURE 4. Maximum Likelihood tree based on COI mini-barcodes (Fig. 3) showing similarity of mini-barcode sequences, relative to species identity. This phylogeny does not recover an accurate tree topology, and evolutionary relationships should not be inferred from this figure.

FIGURE 5. 12S mini-barcodes for all Draculoides species including the operational taxonomic units used in Abrams et al. (2019). This barcode is the maximally diagnostic 50 bp fragment of DNA. Genetic variation within species is shown using IUPAC Ambiguity Codes. See Methods for details. The position of the mini-barcode is reported relative to a specimen of Draculoides celatus (WAM T98698, GenBank number MG913012). The blue tree on the left groups minibarcodes which are most similar to each other but does not represent an accurate phylogeny. The coloured bases in the figure are those that differ from the consensus reference sequence.

FIGURE 6. Maximum Likelihood tree based on COI mini-barcodes (Fig. 5) showing similarity of mini-barcode sequences relative to species identity. This phylogeny does not recover an accurate tree topology, and evolutionary relationships should not be inferred from this figure.

FIGURE 7. ITS2 mini-barcodes for all Draculoides species including the operational taxonomic units used in Abrams et al. (2019). This barcode is the maximally diagnostic 50 bp fragment of DNA. Genetic variation within species is shown using IUPAC Ambiguity Codes. See Methods for details. The position of the mini-barcode is reported relative to a specimen of Draculoides celatus (WAM T98698, GenBank number MG913105). The blue tree on the left groups minibarcodes which are most similar to each other but does not represent an accurate phylogeny. The coloured bases in the figure are those that differ from the consensus reference sequence.

FIGURE 8. Maximum Likelihood tree based on ITS2 mini-barcodes (Fig. 7) showing similarity of mini-barcode sequences, relative to species identity. This phylogeny does not recover an accurate tree topology, and evolutionary relationships should not be inferred from this figure.