Local-Scale DNA Barcoding of Afrotropical Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): A Case Study of the Eastern Free State of South Africa.

Michel Mathurin Kamdem, Mpho Ramoejane, Patricks Voua Otomo

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An overview of DNA barcoding of biodiversity in South Africa.PloS one · 2026
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Michel Mathurin KamdemDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Private Bag x13, Phuthaditjhaba 9866, South Africa.

Mpho RamoejaneDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Private Bag x13, Phuthaditjhaba 9866, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6393-5407

Patricks Voua OtomoDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Private Bag x13, Phuthaditjhaba 9866, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3384-5187

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Abstract

The Afrotropical hoverflies remain an understudied group of hoverflies. One of the reasons for the lack of studies on this group resides in the difficulties to delimit the species using the available identification keys. DNA barcoding has been found useful in such cases of taxonomical uncertainty. Here, we present a molecular study of hoverfly species from the eastern Free State of South Africa using the mitochondrial cytochrome-c oxidase subunit I gene (COI). The identification of 78 specimens was achieved through three analytical approaches: genetic distances analysis, species delimitation models and phylogenetic reconstructions. In this study, 15 nominal species from nine genera were recorded. Of these species, five had not been previously reported to occur in South Africa, namely,

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Afrotropical hoverfliesCOI genegenetic richnesslocal-scale studiesspecies delimitation

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PMID37623402

DOI10.3390/insects14080692

PMCPMC10455394

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