Publications

created on: 14.11.2016 | by: Matthias Geiger

The GBOL-Project supports description of a leaf-mining Dark-winged fungus gnat within the genus Zygoneura with molecular characterisation. The newly described North American species as well as her European sister develop as larva in stem and leaves of marsh marigold (Caltha palustris). These and further results of other insect associates you can find in the recent issue of the journal “Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington”.

created on: 03.11.2016 | by: Matthias Geiger

How to create a meaningful link to the DNA barcodes of thousands of species in the age of genomic data, which are available for a few hundreds of species, asked Xin Zhou and a large international team of authors with the involvement of GBOL. They present their results based on the analysis of almost 40,000 caddisfly DNA barcodes in the journal ‘Philosophical Transactions B’.

created on: | by: Matthias Geiger

Together with colleagues from Canada, Estonia, Finland, Norway and Sweden, GBOL experts from the Zoological State Collection in Munich recently published their findings on the DNA barcoding of sawfliea and hornflies. The article appeared in the prestigious journal ‘Molecular Ecology Resources’.

created on: 05.10.2016 | by: Matthias Geiger

The current issue of the Barcode Bulletin newsletter contains four GBOL contributions – have fun reading!

created on: 29.09.2016 | by: Matthias Geiger

Jonas Astrin and colleagues present the result of an extensive DNA barcoding study on the German arachnid fauna in the journal ‘PLoS ONE’. About 60% of the native spiders and 70% of harvestmen (about 600 species in total) were included in the analyzes. DNA barcodes were obtained from more than 3,500 animals. The vast majority of species can now be clearly identified by their DNA barcodes. In addition to reliable species identification of all life stages, the database now allows the detection of allochthonous lines and monitoring of gene flow, and forms the basis for future environmental studies using metabarcoding approaches. Beside four first-records for species found at the Federal state level, Oreonetides glacialis (L. Koch, 1872) was found in Bavaria at the Zugspitze in 2,600 meters, a species that has not been seen in Germany before.

created on: 23.06.2016 | by: Matthias Geiger

Published in PLoS ONE, Morinière and colleagues present a work flow, which allows analysis of mixed samples – examplified with a Malaisetrap content – to generate a list of species using NGS methods. The authors compare different primers and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of presorting the mixture to order level.

The second, recently published paper deals with ground beetles in Germany (Carabidae), and builds on data from the large data-release on beetles of 2015, supplemented by new DNA barcodes and a detailed discussion of the findings.

created on: 07.04.2016 | by: Matthias Geiger

Even if one does not have to agree on all points and the conclusion of the author, the discussion is a successful contribution to scientific discourse and should be understood as a valuable stimulus for further studies in this difficult taxonomic group. The full text can be obtained on request from us.

created on: 16.03.2016 | by: Matthias Geiger

Nematodes are a very diverse and perhaps the most individual-rich group of multicellular organisms. Researchers from the Department of Animal Ecology (Prof. Traunspurger) at Bielefeld University have now studied a group of moss-inhabiting nematodes in beech forests and report about their experiences with DNA barcoding to capture their diversity:

created on: 17.02.2016 | by: Matthias Geiger

Similarly to their findings in the myriapod genus Stenotaenia, GBOL specialists have now detected levels of cryptic diversity, which suggest the presence of previously unrecognized species in Germany in the genus Cryptops. In addition, the colleagues demonstrate the existence of C. umbricus in Germany for the first time. The article appeared in ZooKeys and can be freely downloaded.

created on: 06.01.2016 | by: Matthias Geiger

And we continue in New Year: in cooperation with Czech colleagues a new fungus gnat was described and we evaluate the efficiency of species delimitation based on four different genetic markers. Finally, a key to the European species of the genus Docosia is presented. All open access and freely available: