Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula

Autores
Orou, Noel; Csösz, Sándor; Arnan, Xavier; Pol, Rodrigo Gabriel; Arthofer, Wolfgang; Schlick Steiner, Birgit C.; Steiner, Florian M.
Año de publicación
2023
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European harvester ants, Messor species, are important ecosystem engineers. In Catalonia (Spain), among others, the three species Messor barbarus, M. bouvieri, and M. capitatus occur. At one Catalan site, a cluster of nest samples of unknown identity was found, raising the possibility of either a hybrid lineage or a currently unexplored species in the region. The aim of this study was to test whether the newly recognized cluster represents a hybrid of M. barbarus and M. capitatus, or some form of social hybridogenesis, or an independent, hitherto unrecognised species. We addressed this question in an integrative taxonomic fashion combining evidence from microsatellites analyzed via Bayesian cluster analysis, phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial DNA, and multivariate exploratory and confirmatory analyses of morphometric data. The unidentified Messor ants formed a well separated entity from M. barbarus, M. capitatus, and M. bouvieri in all these analyses. These results are in line with the existence of a cryptic Messor species but not with hybridization nor social hybridogenesis. The newly detected species, which has been neither genetically nor morphologically analyzed before, is described as Messor erwini sp. n., since no name-bearing types of valid Messor taxa correspond with the morphological characteristics of the species. Discovering a hitherto unknown species from a myrmecologically well studied area nourishes expectations that further diversity of the genus Messor may await its discovery.
Fil: Orou, Noel. Universidad de Innsbruck; Austria
Fil: Csösz, Sándor. Institute of Ecology and Botany; Hungría
Fil: Arnan, Xavier. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brasil
Fil: Pol, Rodrigo Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Arthofer, Wolfgang. Universidad de Innsbruck; Austria
Fil: Schlick Steiner, Birgit C.. Universidad de Innsbruck; Austria
Fil: Steiner, Florian M.. Universidad de Innsbruck; Austria
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spelling Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian PeninsulaOrou, NoelCsösz, SándorArnan, XavierPol, Rodrigo GabrielArthofer, WolfgangSchlick Steiner, Birgit C.Steiner, Florian M.CRYPTIC SPECIESSPECIES DELIMITATIONMICROSATELLITESMTDNAhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1European harvester ants, Messor species, are important ecosystem engineers. In Catalonia (Spain), among others, the three species Messor barbarus, M. bouvieri, and M. capitatus occur. At one Catalan site, a cluster of nest samples of unknown identity was found, raising the possibility of either a hybrid lineage or a currently unexplored species in the region. The aim of this study was to test whether the newly recognized cluster represents a hybrid of M. barbarus and M. capitatus, or some form of social hybridogenesis, or an independent, hitherto unrecognised species. We addressed this question in an integrative taxonomic fashion combining evidence from microsatellites analyzed via Bayesian cluster analysis, phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial DNA, and multivariate exploratory and confirmatory analyses of morphometric data. The unidentified Messor ants formed a well separated entity from M. barbarus, M. capitatus, and M. bouvieri in all these analyses. These results are in line with the existence of a cryptic Messor species but not with hybridization nor social hybridogenesis. The newly detected species, which has been neither genetically nor morphologically analyzed before, is described as Messor erwini sp. n., since no name-bearing types of valid Messor taxa correspond with the morphological characteristics of the species. Discovering a hitherto unknown species from a myrmecologically well studied area nourishes expectations that further diversity of the genus Messor may await its discovery.Fil: Orou, Noel. Universidad de Innsbruck; AustriaFil: Csösz, Sándor. Institute of Ecology and Botany; HungríaFil: Arnan, Xavier. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; BrasilFil: Pol, Rodrigo Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Arthofer, Wolfgang. Universidad de Innsbruck; AustriaFil: Schlick Steiner, Birgit C.. Universidad de Innsbruck; AustriaFil: Steiner, Florian M.. Universidad de Innsbruck; AustriaElsevier Gmbh2023-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/232492Orou, Noel; Csösz, Sándor; Arnan, Xavier; Pol, Rodrigo Gabriel; Arthofer, Wolfgang; et al.; Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula; Elsevier Gmbh; Zoologischer Anzeiger; 307; 11-2023; 36-530044-5231CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0044523123000980info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jcz.2023.09.001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:28:33Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/232492instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:28:33.38CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula
title Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula
spellingShingle Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula
Orou, Noel
CRYPTIC SPECIES
SPECIES DELIMITATION
MICROSATELLITES
MTDNA
title_short Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula
title_full Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula
title_fullStr Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula
title_full_unstemmed Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula
title_sort Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Orou, Noel
Csösz, Sándor
Arnan, Xavier
Pol, Rodrigo Gabriel
Arthofer, Wolfgang
Schlick Steiner, Birgit C.
Steiner, Florian M.
author Orou, Noel
author_facet Orou, Noel
Csösz, Sándor
Arnan, Xavier
Pol, Rodrigo Gabriel
Arthofer, Wolfgang
Schlick Steiner, Birgit C.
Steiner, Florian M.
author_role author
author2 Csösz, Sándor
Arnan, Xavier
Pol, Rodrigo Gabriel
Arthofer, Wolfgang
Schlick Steiner, Birgit C.
Steiner, Florian M.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CRYPTIC SPECIES
SPECIES DELIMITATION
MICROSATELLITES
MTDNA
topic CRYPTIC SPECIES
SPECIES DELIMITATION
MICROSATELLITES
MTDNA
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv European harvester ants, Messor species, are important ecosystem engineers. In Catalonia (Spain), among others, the three species Messor barbarus, M. bouvieri, and M. capitatus occur. At one Catalan site, a cluster of nest samples of unknown identity was found, raising the possibility of either a hybrid lineage or a currently unexplored species in the region. The aim of this study was to test whether the newly recognized cluster represents a hybrid of M. barbarus and M. capitatus, or some form of social hybridogenesis, or an independent, hitherto unrecognised species. We addressed this question in an integrative taxonomic fashion combining evidence from microsatellites analyzed via Bayesian cluster analysis, phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial DNA, and multivariate exploratory and confirmatory analyses of morphometric data. The unidentified Messor ants formed a well separated entity from M. barbarus, M. capitatus, and M. bouvieri in all these analyses. These results are in line with the existence of a cryptic Messor species but not with hybridization nor social hybridogenesis. The newly detected species, which has been neither genetically nor morphologically analyzed before, is described as Messor erwini sp. n., since no name-bearing types of valid Messor taxa correspond with the morphological characteristics of the species. Discovering a hitherto unknown species from a myrmecologically well studied area nourishes expectations that further diversity of the genus Messor may await its discovery.
Fil: Orou, Noel. Universidad de Innsbruck; Austria
Fil: Csösz, Sándor. Institute of Ecology and Botany; Hungría
Fil: Arnan, Xavier. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brasil
Fil: Pol, Rodrigo Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Arthofer, Wolfgang. Universidad de Innsbruck; Austria
Fil: Schlick Steiner, Birgit C.. Universidad de Innsbruck; Austria
Fil: Steiner, Florian M.. Universidad de Innsbruck; Austria
description European harvester ants, Messor species, are important ecosystem engineers. In Catalonia (Spain), among others, the three species Messor barbarus, M. bouvieri, and M. capitatus occur. At one Catalan site, a cluster of nest samples of unknown identity was found, raising the possibility of either a hybrid lineage or a currently unexplored species in the region. The aim of this study was to test whether the newly recognized cluster represents a hybrid of M. barbarus and M. capitatus, or some form of social hybridogenesis, or an independent, hitherto unrecognised species. We addressed this question in an integrative taxonomic fashion combining evidence from microsatellites analyzed via Bayesian cluster analysis, phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial DNA, and multivariate exploratory and confirmatory analyses of morphometric data. The unidentified Messor ants formed a well separated entity from M. barbarus, M. capitatus, and M. bouvieri in all these analyses. These results are in line with the existence of a cryptic Messor species but not with hybridization nor social hybridogenesis. The newly detected species, which has been neither genetically nor morphologically analyzed before, is described as Messor erwini sp. n., since no name-bearing types of valid Messor taxa correspond with the morphological characteristics of the species. Discovering a hitherto unknown species from a myrmecologically well studied area nourishes expectations that further diversity of the genus Messor may await its discovery.
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Orou, Noel; Csösz, Sándor; Arnan, Xavier; Pol, Rodrigo Gabriel; Arthofer, Wolfgang; et al.; Messor erwini sp. n., a hitherto cryptic harvester ant in the Iberian Peninsula; Elsevier Gmbh; Zoologischer Anzeiger; 307; 11-2023; 36-53
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