MANGF: a reference library of DNA barcodes for Mantodea from French Guiana (Insecta, Dictyoptera).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mantodea plays a special role in the food chain as a group charismatic generalist predators. They regulate invertebrate populations while themselves being prey for many larger animals such as reptiles and birds. The present study focuses on Fench Guiana where about 78 species are known within eight families. This diversity represents a challenge for specimen identification.

New information

The MANGF project aims at developing a DNA metabarcoding approach to facilitate and enhance the monitoring of mantises as indicators in ecological studies. As a first step towards that goal, we assembled a library of DNA barcodes using the standard genetic marker for animals, i.e. a portion of the COI mitochondrial gene. In the present contribution, we release a library includin

SUBMITTER: Moulin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12004074 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature