Eur. J. Entomol. 117: 260-264, 2020 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2020.028

Biometric differences between several populations of Cordulegaster boltonii (Odonata: Cordulegastridae) in Ibero-Maghrebian areaNote

Patricia CASANUEVA1, Tomás SANTAMARÍA2, María Á. HERNÁNDEZ3, Luis F. SÁNCHEZ-SASTRE4, Amilcar TEIXEIRA5, Nard BENNAS6, Mohamed EL HAISSOUFI7, Manuel FERRERAS-ROMERO8, Francisco CAMPOS1
1 Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes, Calle Padre Julio Chevalier 2, E-47012 Valladolid, Spain; e-mails: pcasanueva@uemc.es, fcampossb@gmail.com
2 Universidad Católica de Ávila, Calle Canteros s/n, E-05005 Ávila, Spain; e-mail: tomas.santamaria@ucavila.es
3 Departamento de Biología Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Navarra, E-31080 Pamplona, Spain; e-mail: mahermin@unav.es
4 Universidad de Valladolid, ETSIIAA, Campus La Yutera, Av. Madrid 44, 34004 Palencia, Spain; e-mail: luxpher@gmail.com
5 Escola Superior Agraria, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal; e-mail: amilt@ipb.pt
6 Département de Biologie, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Faculté des Sciences, Tétouan, Morocco; e-mail: nbennas@hotmail.com
7 Department of Biology, Chemistry and Geology, Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taza, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco; e-mail: med.elhaissoufi@gmail.com
8 Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, A-376 km 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain; e-mail: mferrom@upo.es

Biometric data of the exuviae of female larvae of the dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii collected in Portugal, Spain and Morocco were analysed to determine whether the size of three exuvial structures measured differed depending on the geographic localities of the populations. Based on the results recorded for the 16 populations studied, head width was negatively correlated with latitude and the greatest length of the gonapophysis was recorded for the Iberian populations at the centre of this peninsula. Multivariate cluster analysis revealed a clear separation of the Moroccan population. A second cluster separated the southernmost population (Sierra Nevada) from the remaining Iberian populations. Four population groups were distinguished: those located in watercourses in the north and central area of the Iberian Peninsula, those in Iberian watercourses in the East and Middle South, the Sierra Nevada and North Morocco. Some of these results coincide with the results of genetic studies of other authors.

Keywords: Odonata, Cordulegastridae, Cordulegaster boltonii, biometrics, dragonflies, mountain streams, Iberian Peninsula, Morocco

Received: January 29, 2020; Revised: April 7, 2020; Accepted: April 7, 2020; Published online: May 29, 2020  Show citation

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CASANUEVA, P., SANTAMARÍA, T., HERNÁNDEZ, M.Á., SÁNCHEZ-SASTRE, L.F., TEIXEIRA, A., BENNAS, N., ... CAMPOS, F. (2020). Biometric differences between several populations of Cordulegaster boltonii (Odonata: Cordulegastridae) in Ibero-Maghrebian area. EJE, 117, Article 260-264. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2020.028
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