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Integrative taxonomy by molecular species delimitation: multi-locus data corroborate a new species of Balkan Drusinae micro-endemics.

Simon VitecekMladen KučinićAna PrevišićIvana ŽivićKatarina StojanovićLujza KeresztesMiklós BálintFelicitas HoppelerJohann WaringerWolfram GrafSteffen U Pauls
Published in: BMC evolutionary biology (2017)
Our results indicate that only multi-locus species delimitation provides taxonomically relevant information. The data further corroborate the new species Drusus zivici sp. nov. We provide differential diagnostic characters and describe the male, female and larva of this new species and discuss diversity patterns of Drusinae in the Balkans. We further discuss potential and significance of molecular species delimitation. Finally we argue that enhancing collaborative integrative taxonomy will accelerate assessment of global diversity and completion of reference libraries for applied fields, e.g., conservation and biomonitoring.
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