title: First results of the German Barcode of Life (GBOL) - Myriapoda project: Cryptic lineages in German Stenotaenialinearis (Koch, 1835) (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha).
abstract: As part of the German Barcode of Life (GBOL) Myriapoda program, which aims to sequence the COI barcoding fragment for 2000 specimens of Germany's 200 myriapod species in the near future, 44 sequences of the centipede order Geophilomorpha are analyzed. The analyses are limited to the genera Geophilus Leach, 1814 and Stenotaenia Koch, 1847 and include a total of six species. A special focus is Stenotaenia, of which 19 specimens from southern, western and eastern Germany could be successfully sequenced. The Stenotaenia data shows the presence of three to four vastly different (13.7-16.7% p-distance) lineages of the genus in Germany. At least two of the three lineages show a wide distribution across Germany, only the lineage including topotypes of Stenotaenialinearis shows a more restricted distribution in southern Germany. In a maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis the Italian species Stenotaenia 'sorrentina' (Attems, 1903) groups with the different German Stenotaenialinearis clades. The strongly different Stenotaenialinearis lineages within Germany, independent of geography, are a strong hint for the presence of additional, cryptic Stenotaenia species in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Center for Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research (Section Myriapoda), Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wesener
authors.affiliation: Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Am Museum 1, 02826 Görlitz, Germany.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Voigtländer
authors.affiliation: Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Am Museum 1, 02826 Görlitz, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.affiliation: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Center for Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research (Section Myriapoda), Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan Philip
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Oeyen
authors.affiliation: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spelda
authors.affiliation: Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lindner
keywords: Barcode; COI; biodiversity; cryptic diversity