An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

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An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

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An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

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title:	An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae)
author:	Stec Daniel , Kristensen Reinhardt Møbjerg, Michalczyk Łukasz
journal title:	Zoologischer Anzeiger
volume:	286
date of publication :	2020
pages:	117-134
ISSN:	0044-5231
eISSN:	1873-2674
DOI:	10.1016/j.jcz.2020.03.007
notes:	Bibliogr. s. 133-134
language:	English
journal language:	English
abstract in English:	The genusMinibiotusis morphologically diverse, which may suggest its polyphyletic character. However,scarce genetic data and often also the lack of detailed morphological data currently do not allow for theverification of the relationships within this genus. Here, for the veryfirst time, we provide an integrativedescription of a newMinibiotusspecies.Minibiotus ioculatorsp. nov.from the Republic of South Africadiffers from other congeners mainly by egg ornamentation with processes on the egg shell that resemblethe hat of a royal jester. We also provide new taxonomic data onMinibiotus pentannulatusbased on apopulation newly found in Tanzania, which constitutes thefirst African record of this species originallydescribed from South America. Our study involved both classical taxonomic methods, which includemorphological and morphometric analyses conducted with the use of light and scanning electron mi-croscopy, and genetic data in the form of DNA sequences of four markers (three nuclear: 18S rRNA, 28SrRNA, ITS-2, and one mitochondrial: COI). The results of this study allow a discussion of speciescomposition withinMinibiotusand question the validity of the current diagnosis of the genus.
keywords in English:	Africa, biodiversity, DNA barcodes, new species, peribuccal structures, taxonomy
affiliation:	Wydział Biologii : Instytut Zoologii i Badań Biomedycznych
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper