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14 March 2022 A case of integrative taxonomy based on traditional morphology, molecular systematics and geometric morphometrics in the taxonomy of Torrenticolidae (Acari, Hydrachnidiae)
Xinyao Gu, Yuling Zheng, Haitao Li, Jianjun Guo
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Abstract

An integrative taxonomy based on traditional morphological method, molecular systematics and geometric morphometrics was tested to identify two species of torrenticolid mites, which are similar in morphology. A new species of the water mite genus Torrenticola from China, T. nipponicella Gu & Guo sp. nov., was described and illustrated in this paper. The descriptions included morphological features, molecular data, geometric morphometric data, and a discussion of their taxonomic status and integrative taxonomy. Meanwhile, some potential taxonomic characters of those species were analyzed by canonical variate analysis and principal component analysis. Those analyses of two landmark configurations revealed important taxonomical characters in dorsal (dorsoglandularia 1–3) and ventral shields (coxoglandularia 2, 4, ventroglandularia 3).

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Xinyao Gu, Yuling Zheng, Haitao Li, and Jianjun Guo "A case of integrative taxonomy based on traditional morphology, molecular systematics and geometric morphometrics in the taxonomy of Torrenticolidae (Acari, Hydrachnidiae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 27(5), 905-921, (14 March 2022). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.5.6
Received: 27 January 2022; Accepted: 4 March 2022; Published: 14 March 2022
KEYWORDS
DNA-barcoding
geometric morphometrics analysis
Integrative taxonomy
morphological features
Torrenticolid mite
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