Discovering diversity of Central Asian and Himalayan <i>Epeorus</i> (<i>Caucasiron</i>) mayflies (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) using DNA barcoding and morphology.

ABSTRACT: The mayflies of the genus Epeorus Eaton, 1881 subgenus Caucasiron Kluge, 1997 are distributed from the eastern Mediterranean to the mountains of south-west China. In contrast to the Caucasus, the Mediterranean and Irano-Anatolian regions, where E. (Caucasiron) represents one of the most extensively studied mayfly taxa, the species diversity in the more eastern mountains of Asia has been studied only sporadically. In this study, the species diversity of E. (Caucasiron) from the mountains of Central Asia (Pamir, Tian Shan) and the western part of the Himalayas was analysed using DNA barcoding and the morphology of larvae and adults. The distance- and phylogenetic tree-based molecular species delimitation analyses revealed five E. (Caucasiron) species occurring in the study area. Three of the

SUBMITTER: Hrivniak L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12004075 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature