Barcoding Fails to Delimit Species in Mongolian Oedipodinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae).

ABSTRACT: Mongolia, a country in central Asia, with its vast grassland areas represents a hotspot for Orthoptera diversity, especially for the Acrididae. For Mongolia, 128 Acrididae species have been documented so far, of which 41 belong to the subfamily Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers). Yet, few studies concerning the distribution and diversity of Oedipodinae have been conducted in this country. Molecular genetic data is almost completely absent, despite its value for species identification and discovery. Even, the simplest and most used data, DNA barcodes, so far have not been generated for the local fauna. Therefore, we generated the first DNA barcode data for Mongolian band-winged grasshoppers and investigated the resolution of this marker for species delimitation. We were able to assemble

SUBMITTER: Kock LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10888654 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature