An integrative description of a population of Mesobiotus radiatus (Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991) from Kenya

Öz In  a  moss  sample  collected  from  Mount  Kulal  in  Kenya,  a  new  population  of  Mesobiotus  radiatus  was  found.  Given  that  the  original  description  of  M.  radiatus  was  based  solely  on  the  morphology  observed  by  light  microscopy  and  measurements  based  mostly  on  a  single  individual,  here  we  describe  the  new  population  by  means  of  integrative  taxonomy  and  a  large  sample  size.  We  provide an integrative description comprising a comprehensive set of morphometric and morphological data from light and scanning microscopy as well as nucleotide sequences of three nuclear fragments (18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, ITS-2) and one mitochondrial fragment (COI). Mesobiotus radiatus is most similar to M. binieki, M. coronatus, M. patiens, M. perfidus, M. philippinicus, M. pseudocoronatus, M. pseudopatiens, M. rigidus, M. simulans, and M. wuzhishanensis, but differs from them mainly by egg morphology and morphometry, and some characters of adult specimens.

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