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Disentangling the Pelomedusa complex using type specimens and historical DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae).
Zootaxa. 2014 May 15; 3795:501-22.Z

Abstract

Recent research has shown that the helmeted terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa), a species that occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa, in Madagascar and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, consists of several deeply divergent genetic lineages. Here we examine all nominal taxa currently synonymized with Pelomedusa subrufa (Bonnaterre, 1789) and provide mitochondrial DNA sequences of type specimens or topotypic material for most taxa. Lectotypes are designated for Testudo galeata Schoepff, 1792, Pentonyx capensis Duméril & Bibron, 1835, Pelomedusa nigra Gray, 1863, Pelomedusa galeata var. disjuncta Vaillant & Grandidier, 1910, and Pelomedusa galeata damarensis Hewitt, 1935. For Pelomedusa gasconi Rochebrune, 1884, a taxon without preserved type material, a neotype is designated. Type material of Pentonix americana Cornalia, 1849, a nominal species without credible type locality, is lost and its identity remains questionable. Also the holotype of Pelomedusa galeata orangensis Hewitt, 1935 is lost, but its allocation to the only genetic lineage occurring in South Africa is unambiguous. Phylogenetic analyses of type sequences or topotypic material reveal that the remaining nominal taxa represent three of the nine previously identified lineages of Pelomedusa. Among these three lineages is the South African one. Type specimens of Pentonyx gehafie Rüppell, 1835 correspond to an additional distinct lineage. The present study provides a sound basis for a subsequent integrative taxonomic revision of the Pelomedusa complex.

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Fritz U
Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, A.B. Meyer Building, 01109 Dresden, Germany; Email: uwe.fritz@senckenberg.de.
Petzold A
Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, A.B. Meyer Building, 01109 Dresden, Germany; Email: unknown.
Kehlmaier C
Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, A.B. Meyer Building, 01109 Dresden, Germany; Email: unknown.
Kindler C
Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, A.B. Meyer Building, 01109 Dresden, Germany; Email: unknown.
Campbell P
Department of Zoology, Darwin Centre (DC1), Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, England; Email: unknown.
Hofmeyr MD
Chelonian Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa; Email: unknown.
Branch WR
Department of Herpetology, Port Elizabeth Museum, P.O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa Department of Zoology, P.O. Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa; Email: unknown.

MeSH

Africa South of the SaharaAnimalsBiodiversityFemaleMadagascarMaleMiddle EastPhylogenySequence Analysis, DNATurtles

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eng

PubMed ID

24870495

Citation

Fritz, Uwe, et al. "Disentangling the Pelomedusa Complex Using Type Specimens and Historical DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae)." Zootaxa, vol. 3795, 2014, pp. 501-22.
Fritz U, Petzold A, Kehlmaier C, et al. Disentangling the Pelomedusa complex using type specimens and historical DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae). Zootaxa. 2014;3795:501-22.
Fritz, U., Petzold, A., Kehlmaier, C., Kindler, C., Campbell, P., Hofmeyr, M. D., & Branch, W. R. (2014). Disentangling the Pelomedusa complex using type specimens and historical DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae). Zootaxa, 3795, 501-22. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.5.1
Fritz U, et al. Disentangling the Pelomedusa Complex Using Type Specimens and Historical DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae). Zootaxa. 2014 May 15;3795:501-22. PubMed PMID: 24870495.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Disentangling the Pelomedusa complex using type specimens and historical DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae). AU - Fritz,Uwe, AU - Petzold,Alice, AU - Kehlmaier,Christian, AU - Kindler,Carolin, AU - Campbell,Patrick, AU - Hofmeyr,Margaretha D, AU - Branch,William R, Y1 - 2014/05/15/ PY - 2014/05/14/received PY - 2014/5/30/entrez PY - 2014/5/30/pubmed PY - 2014/9/12/medline SP - 501 EP - 22 JF - Zootaxa JO - Zootaxa VL - 3795 N2 - Recent research has shown that the helmeted terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa), a species that occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa, in Madagascar and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, consists of several deeply divergent genetic lineages. Here we examine all nominal taxa currently synonymized with Pelomedusa subrufa (Bonnaterre, 1789) and provide mitochondrial DNA sequences of type specimens or topotypic material for most taxa. Lectotypes are designated for Testudo galeata Schoepff, 1792, Pentonyx capensis Duméril & Bibron, 1835, Pelomedusa nigra Gray, 1863, Pelomedusa galeata var. disjuncta Vaillant & Grandidier, 1910, and Pelomedusa galeata damarensis Hewitt, 1935. For Pelomedusa gasconi Rochebrune, 1884, a taxon without preserved type material, a neotype is designated. Type material of Pentonix americana Cornalia, 1849, a nominal species without credible type locality, is lost and its identity remains questionable. Also the holotype of Pelomedusa galeata orangensis Hewitt, 1935 is lost, but its allocation to the only genetic lineage occurring in South Africa is unambiguous. Phylogenetic analyses of type sequences or topotypic material reveal that the remaining nominal taxa represent three of the nine previously identified lineages of Pelomedusa. Among these three lineages is the South African one. Type specimens of Pentonyx gehafie Rüppell, 1835 correspond to an additional distinct lineage. The present study provides a sound basis for a subsequent integrative taxonomic revision of the Pelomedusa complex. SN - 1175-5326 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/24870495/Disentangling_the_Pelomedusa_complex_using_type_specimens_and_historical_DNA__Testudines:_Pelomedusidae__ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -
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