On the identity of Isoperla curtata (Plecoptera: Perlodidae): behavioural and molecular approaches show the existence of two separate species

• DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3000.1.3
• Publication Date: 2019-02-27T03:42:10Z
• Authors: JOSÉ MANUEL TIERN...; BRUNELLA GAETANI; JULIO MIGUEL LUZÓ...; MANUEL JESÚS LÓPE...; ROMOLO FOCHETTI
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Stoneflies; Isoperla morenica; Drumming; Systematics; DNA sequences

The identity of Isoperla curtata Navás, 1924, an Iberian endemic, has been questioned since its description. Marked variability in pigmentation, wing length, penial armature and ecology populations have noted. To clarify the taxonomic status I. we examined variation mating calls cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences for two from north-central southern Spain. Results both approaches support presence species. population corresponds to nominal taxon, curtata, while represent a new species, morenica, described herein.