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Brehm, G.; Bodner, F.; Strutzenberger, P.; Hünefeld, F. & Fiedler, K. (2011): Neotropical Eois (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): Checklist, Biogeography, Diversity, and Description Patterns. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104, 1091-1107.
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The moth genus Eois Hu¨ bner (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae) comprises 254 validly described species, 211 of them (83%) occurring in the Neotropical region, 12% in the Asian-Australian region, and 5% in Africa. A checklist of Neotropical Eois is provided and some taxonomic changes are made. Aplogompha noctilaria (Schaus) is excluded from the genus, and Eois bermellada (Dognin) and Eois fragilis (Warren) are transferred to the genus. Further changes include Eois cellulata (Prout) stat. rev., Eois ambarilla (Dognin) stat. rev., and Eois telegraphica Prout stat. rev. By far, the majority of Eois species (82%) were described between 1891 and 1920; approximately half of all species by just two authors. Within the Neotropical region, the majority of species (55%) were described from the tropical Andes (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia), followed by Central America and the Caribbean (28%), and the rest of South America (17%). Large regions such as the Amazon basin, eastern South America, but also northern Peru are heavily underrepresented. Regional diversity studies provide evidence that the wet tropical Andes are the diversity hotspot of Eois. From a forested elevational gradient (1,020Ð2,670 m above sea level) in southeastern Ecuador, 154 morphospecies are currently known, with only 12% of them described. Regional species richness in Central America is lower (Costa Rica, 66 observed morphospecies along a gradient from 40 to 2,730 m; 29% described). Total richness of the genus is estimated to be 1,000 species in the Neotropical region. If the low proportions of described species only partly recur in other groups of Neotropical geometrid moths, their number may exceed 19,000 species. A taxonomic revision of Eois will be a prerequisite for comparison of ecological data from different regions.
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Keywords: |
diversity |
Andes |
Larentiinae |
species richness estimate |
Strutzenberger, P.; Brehm, G. & Fiedler, K. (2011): DNA barcoding-based species delimitation increases species count of Eois (Geometridae) moths in a well-studied tropical mountain forest by up to 50%. Insect Science 18, 349?362.
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The genus Eois comprises an important part of megadiverse assemblages of
geometrid moths in mountain rainforests of southern Ecuador. In this study we report:
(i) on the construction of a DNA barcode library of Eois for identification purposes;
and (ii) the exploration of species diversity through species delimitation by pair-wise
distance thresholds. COI barcode sequences were generated from 408 individuals (at
least 105 species) collected on a narrow geographic scale (∼40 km2) in the Reserva
Biol´ogica San Francisco. Analyses of barcode sequence divergence showed that species
delimitations based solely on external morphology result in broad overlap of intra- and
interspecific distances. Species delimitation at a 2% pair-wise distance threshold reveals
a clear barcoding gap. Fifty-two previously unrecognized species were identified, 31 of
which could only be distinguished by an integrative taxonomy approach. Twelve additional
putative species could only be recognized by threshold-based delimitation. Most splits
resulted in two or three newly perceived cryptic taxa. The present study increased the
number of Eois species recorded from that small area of Andean mountain forest from
102 to 154 (morphology- plus integrative taxonomy-based) or even 166 (sequence-based),
leaving the species accumulation curve still far from reaching an asymptote. Notably, in
no case did two or more previously distinguished morphospecies have to be lumped. This
barcode inventory can be used to match larvae to known adult samples without rearing,
and will therefore be of vital help to extend the currently limited knowledge about food
plant relationships and host specialization.
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Keywords: |
Ecuador |
Larentiinae |
cryptic species |
integrative taxonomy |
larvae |