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ZOOKEYS
Volume -, Issue 1054, Pages 67-84Publisher
PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1054.64608
Keywords
Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI); DNA barcode; mitochondrial DNA; Portugal; taxonomy
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- European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme [668981]
- PORBIOTA - Portuguese E-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022127]
- Operational Thematic Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER)
- FCT [2020.03526.CEECIND]
- Agencia de Desenvolvimento Regional do Vale do Tua at the Long Term Research Site of Baixo Sabor [LTER_EU_PT_002]
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This study conducted DNA sequencing of lacewings and snake flies in Portugal for the first time, revealing that most species can be successfully identified through DNA barcoding, except for seven species of the Chrysopidae family. Additionally, distribution data for two neuropteran species in Portugal were published for the first time.
The orders Neuroptera and Raphidioptera include the species of insects known as lacewings and snake flies, respectively. In Portugal, these groups account for over 100 species, some of which are very difficult to identify by morphological analysis. This work is the first to sample and DNA sequence lacewings and snakeflies of Portugal. A reference collection was built with captured specimens that were identified morphologically. DNA barcode sequences of 658 bp were obtained from 243 specimens of 54 species. The results showed that most species can be successfully identified through DNA barcoding, with the exception of seven species of Chrysopidae (Neuroptera). Additionally, the first published distribution data are presented for Portugal for the neuropterans Gymnocnemia variegata (Schneider, 1845) and Myrmecaelurus (Myrmecaelurus) trigrammus (Pallas, 1771).
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