Determination of phylogenetic relationships of two species of Phalangium (Opiliones: Phalangiidae) by using 28S rRNA region


KURT P., KURT K., ERDEK M.

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION, vol.17, no.3, pp.262-266, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Abstract

The species Phalangium nalanae Kurt, Erdek & Kurt 2023 and Phalangium taylani Kurt, Erdek & Kurt 2023 were previously described from Hakkari, Turkey based on morphological data and no molecular data are presented. In this study, the 28S rRNA gene region of these species belonging to the genus Phalangium was sequenced, and phylogenetic relationships of these species were revealed by performing maximum likelihood (ML) analysis and Bayesian inference (BI) analysis.