Phylogeographic analysis of the firefly, Luciola lateralis, in Japan and Korea based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene sequences (Coleoptera: Lampyridae).
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.
Suzuki
Hirobumi
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The Institute of Luminous Organisms, Kawabe-horinouchi 587-101, Hino, Tokyo 191-0015, Japan. suzunohiro@ybb.ne.jp
Sato
Yasushi
Y
Ohba
Nobuyoshi
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Bae
Jin-Sik
JS
Jin
Byung-Rae
BR
Sohn
Hung-Dae
HD
Kim
Sam-Eun
SE
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
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV