Molecular systematics of the Chrysoperla carnea group (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in Europe

Authors: Lourenço, P.¹; Brito, C.¹; Backeljau, T.²; Thierry, D.³; Ventura, M. A.¹

Source: Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, Volume 44, Number 2, May 2006 , pp. 180-184(5)

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Abstract:

The green lacewing Chrysoperla carnea is a complex of cryptic species whose differentiation has been so far based upon morphology, ecophysiology, behaviour and preliminary mitochondrial DNA data using cytochrome oxidase subunit II (COII) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit II. In this work we extended the DNA data by screening nucleotide sequences of COII, cytochrome oxidase I, cytochrome b and the large ribosomal subunit of the mtDNA. These new data suggest that C. carnea s.s. is a well-supported, separate taxon, but that other taxa of the complex are not consistently differentiated by the current DNA data.

Keywords: Chrysoperla carnea; systematics; mitochondrial DNA; cytochrome oxidase subunit I; cytochrome oxidase subunit II; cytochrome b; 16S rRNA

Document Type: Short communication

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00352.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal 2: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium 3Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium 3: Département des Sciences de la Vie, Institut des Recherches Fondamentale et Appliquée, Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers Cedex, France

Publication date: 2006-05-01