Mamat, Noorhidayah and Abu, Arpah and Yusoff, Norma-Rashid (2021) Classification and morphology of rhinocypha spp. (odonata): A comprehensive taxonomic study within the females. Zoological Studies, 60. ISSN 1021-5506, DOI https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2021.60-47.
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Studies on Odonata have gained attention worldwide as well as locally in Malaysia. Although there is a wealth of data available to be utilized for solving taxonomic problems, ecological and behavioural research areas are more favoured than taxonomy and systematics. Thus, there are confusions over how to correctly identify closely related and sympatric species, especially in female odonates. One such example is in the genus Rhinocypha. Consequently, the present study focuses on taxonomic work, employing multiapproaches in the form of morphological (morphological diagnostics, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) and geometric morphometric analysis), applying the molecular technique. Seventeen morphological characteristics were created to differentiate between the females of Rhinocypha spp. A FESEM was used on the female's ovipositor to focus on the anal appendages and sheathing valve (V3). Also, the phylogenetic patterns expressed by COI and 16S rRNA genes, and canonical variate analysis for the wing geometric morphometric revealed three clusters that supported the distinction of the Rhinocypha group. In summary, this study effectively developed an integrated approach of classic morphological and trendy molecular, combined with FESEM microscopy techniques, which provided corroborative evidence and resolved taxonomic uncertainties.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dragonflies; Female's ovipositor; Geometric morphometric; Mitochondrial COI; 16S rRNA |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2022 08:12 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2022 08:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/27552 |
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