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dc.contributor.authorKergoat, Gael J.
dc.contributor.authorVan den Berg, Johnnie
dc.contributor.authorToussaint, Emmanuel F.A.
dc.contributor.authorCapdevielle-Dulac, Claire
dc.contributor.authorClamens, Anne-Laure
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-21T07:23:34Z
dc.date.available2016-09-21T07:23:34Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationKergoat, G.J. et al. 2015. Integrative taxonomy reveals six new species related to the Mediterranean corn stalk borer Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Sesamiina). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 175(2):244–270. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1096-3642]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0024–4082
dc.identifier.issn1096–3642 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/18852
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org//10.1111/zoj.12275
dc.identifier.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zoj.12275/full
dc.description.abstractSpecies in the stem borer noctuid subtribe Sesamiina are notoriously difficult to distinguish because most related species have homogeneous wing patterns and almost indistinguishable genitalia. The latter is potentially problematic because this group includes several important pest species that are usually baregly distinguishable from non-pest species. In this study we focus on the Mediterranean corn stalk borer Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre), an important pest of maize with a wide area of distribution that covers most of Africa and extends to the south of Europe and western Asia. According to a recent study, this pest consists of three allopatric populations that were formerly considered as distinct species or subspecies. Here we rely on recent collections of 5470 specimens (sampled in 17 countries and 175 localities) that putatively belong to S. nonagrioides. Integrative taxonomy studies allowed us to unravel the existence of six new species that are closely related to S. nonagrioides and described in this paper. In contrast to S. nonagrioides these new species have more specific ecological preferences, as they are associated with a limited number of plant species and habitats. Dating and population genetic analyses carried out on 100 S. nonagrioides specimens also indicate a more complex population structure than previously thought for S. nonagrioides, which can probably be accounted for by late Cenozoic environmental changesen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.subjectCenozoicen_US
dc.subjectclimatic changesen_US
dc.subjecthost planten_US
dc.subjectintegrative taxonomyen_US
dc.subjectmolecular datingen_US
dc.subjectmolecular species delimitationen_US
dc.subjectpopulation geneticsen_US
dc.titleIntegrative taxonomy reveals six new species related to the Mediterranean corn stalk borer Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Sesamiina)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID12319724 - Van den Berg, Johann


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