A new species of Procambarus (Decapoda, Cambaridae) from the State of Queretaro, Mexico.

ABSTRACT: With a Nearctic distribution, the family Cambaridae harbors a high species richness in Mexico, which is also evident along the Pánuco River catchment. A series of surveys carried on in five populations from the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve in the State of Querétaro resulted in localizing a putative new species for science. A molecular phylogenetic study and species delimitation analyses including all the known Procambarus species from the Pánuco River catchment were conducted based on three mitochondrial genes (16S rDNA, 12S rDNA, and COI; 2,462 bp in total). Phylogeny recovered all species as monophyletic, including the populations under study. All delimitation results based on barcoding, ABGD, GMYC, bPTP, and gonopod differentiation agree in the recognition of a new taxon, to wh

SUBMITTER: Pedraza-Lara C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8277657 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature