title: Phylogeographic analysis of the firefly, Luciola lateralis, in Japan and Korea based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene sequences (Coleoptera: Lampyridae).
abstract: Luciola lateralis is widely distributed throughout the Korean Peninsula, northeast China, Sakhalin, and Japan. Two ecological types are recognized in Japan based on flash and hatching time characteristics. The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene was surveyed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for Japan (46 populations) and Korea (two populations). Eleven haplotypes were detected. Gene trees revealed that haplotypes between Japan and Korea are much more differentiated in nucleotide sequences (8.1%) than those within Japan (0.3-1.4%) and Korea (0.7%). Haplotypes between Honshu and Hokkaido are not separated as clades, and the two ecological types cannot be segregated from each other phylogenetically. We suggest that the Japanese populations of this species may have dispersed within one million years ago and that ecological differences may be the result of physiological adaptation to cold climates.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Luminous Organisms, Kawabe-horinouchi 587-101, Hino, Tokyo 191-0015, Japan. suzunohiro@ybb.ne.jp
authors.forename: Hirobumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Nobuyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.forename: Jin-Sik
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Byung-Rae
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Hung-Dae
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Sam-Eun
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D048888:Fireflies / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D007564:Japan; D007723:Korea; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV