New genetic data reveals a new species of Zospeum in Bosnia (Gastropoda, Ellobioidea, Carychiinae)

Inäbnit, Thomas; Jochum, Adrienne; Slapnik, Rajko; Neubert, Eike (2021). New genetic data reveals a new species of Zospeum in Bosnia (Gastropoda, Ellobioidea, Carychiinae). Zookeys, 1071, pp. 175-193. Pensoft Publishers 10.3897/zookeys.1071.66417

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Recent integrative investigations of the terrestrial ellobiid genus, Zospeum, have revealed significant findings concerning its Alpine-Dinaric evolution and taxonomy. Due to the expected discrepancy between the useful, but limited, 1970s’ classification system based on shell data and the results of recent genetic analyses in the latest investigation, a revision of the entire radiation was undertaken, and a new classification system was devised by the present authors in an earlier paper. Concurrent to this work, molecular sequences from two Austrian caves were published independently of our revision by another research group. By incorporating these genetic data within our phylogenetic framework here, we show that the Austrian individuals are genetically most similar to Zospeum amoenum and consequently, classify them within that species. We additionally reveal two new genetic lineages from the largely under-sampled southern extension of Zospeum’s known distributional range. The first lineage, deriving from the region of Dubrovnik, Croatia, is a potential candidate for genetically clarifying Zospeum troglobalcanicum. The second lineage derives from the municipality of Tomislavgrad, Bosnia-Herzegovina and is herein, described a new species: Zospeum simplex Inäbnit, Jochum & Neubert, sp. nov.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE)
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) > Terrestrial Ecology

UniBE Contributor:

Neubert, Eike

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology

ISSN:

1313-2989

Publisher:

Pensoft Publishers

Language:

English

Submitter:

Eike Neubert

Date Deposited:

02 Dec 2021 09:50

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:55

Publisher DOI:

10.3897/zookeys.1071.66417

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/161739

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/161739

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