Correcting a mistake: Limnophyes stagnum Namayandeh, Guerra & Ram, 2024 is not conspecific with Limnophyes sp. 14ES

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Published: 2025-04-03
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5324/cjcr.v0i39.6302
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Limnophyes stagnum, Limnophyes sp. 14ES, Limnophyes natalensis, DNA barcode, morphology

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Armin Namayandeh
Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, Canada
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2136-0497
Edris Ghaderi
Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9875-7735
Jeffrey L. Ram
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1063-546X

Abstract

In this communication, we report on correcting DNA barcoding records of Limnophyes stagnum Namayandeh, Guerra & Ram, 2024. The five sequences we submitted to BOLD and published in Namayandeh et al. (2024) under L. stagnummatch the CO1 sequences of Limnophyes sp. 14ES and the two species are not conspecific. Both species were collected from the type locality of L. stagnum but at different times with a misassumption that both species represent a single taxon. We have corrected our records in BOLD, replacing the names of the five sequences with Limnophyes sp. 14ES. Additionally, we obtained and uploaded a single CO1 sequence of L. stagnum in BOLD and incorporated it into new molecular analyses reported here. Based on our results, the closest sequences to L. stagnum were those of Limnophyes natalensis (Kieffer, 1914). The minimum K2P distance of L. stagnum with L. natalensis was 10.0% (average 11.4%), large enough to support the delimitation of L. stagnum sp. nov. from L. natalensis. Further discussion on the morphological differences of the two species and those of L. stagnum and Limnophyes sp. 14ES are provided.

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Correcting a mistake: Limnophyes stagnum Namayandeh, Guerra & Ram, 2024 is not conspecific with Limnophyes sp. 14ES. (2025). CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research, 39, 20-22. https://doi.org/10.5324/cjcr.v0i39.6302