DNA Barcodes for the Northern European Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae).

ABSTRACT: This data release provides COI barcodes for 366 species of parasitic flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), enabling the DNA based identification of the majority of northern European species and a large proportion of Palearctic genera, regardless of the developmental stage. The data will provide a tool for taxonomists and ecologists studying this ecologically important but challenging parasitoid family. A comparison of minimum distances between the nearest neighbors revealed the mean divergence of 5.52% that is approximately the same as observed earlier with comparable sampling in Lepidoptera, but clearly less than in Coleoptera. Full barcode-sharing was observed between 13 species pairs or triplets, equaling to 7.36% of all species. Delimitation based on Barcode Index Number (BIN) system was compar

SUBMITTER: Pohjoismaki JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5096672 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature