Abstract
A new species of the genus Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, Morellia (Morellia) trifurcata sp. n., collected from Yunnan, China is described. Four DNA sequences of the partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) gene of this new species are provided. In order to evaluate the availability of DNA barcoding for identifying Morellia species, 38 currently available, non-identical COI sequences of 16 Morellia species are involved in a molecular analysis using the neighbor-joining (NJ) method. The intra- and interspecific p-distances are summarized.
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Parts of the experimental facilities and materials were provided by the Laboratory of Drosophila from Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University. This study was supported by the Graduate Student Overseas Study Program (No. 2017LHPY021) from South China Agricultural University.
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Ma, T., Huang, J. A new species of the genus Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae) from Yunnan, China, with analysis of available DNA barcoding sequences. Biologia 73, 1205–1213 (2018). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0134-2
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