Journal
ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 559-566Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1748-5967.12331
Keywords
COI; DNA barcode; Korea; Scolopendra mutilans; Scolopendridae
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- Cooperative Research Program for Agricultural Science & Technology Development [PJ01005102]
- Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea
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In Korea, the centipede called Wang-ji-ne or O-gong is used as an important medicinal resource. This centipede has been known as Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans Koch 1878. Recent studies have assessed its taxonomic treatment in several geographical populations from China, Japan and Taiwan, but not Korea. We therefore attempted to assess exact species status for the Korean population of this subspecies using both morphological and DNA barcode methods. The result inferred from DNA barcoding showed that the Korean population is S. mutilans explicitly separated from S. subspinipes. Within S. mutilans, the Korean population is morphologically identical and genetically closer to the Chinese population rather than island populations of Japan and Taiwan. Particularly, the mainland populations from Korea and China share six haplotypes from 17 despite being far apart geographically.
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