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SUMMARY:Using barcoding to understand British Collembola (Springtails) - P
 eter Shaw (University of Roehampton)
DTSTART:20140507T120000Z
DTEND:20140507T130000Z
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CONTACT:Marcia Kishida
DESCRIPTION:The talk will describe ongoing taxonomic research into the UK 
 springtails (Collembola) using COI barcodes.  The problems encountered are
  not unique to the group but indicative of similar issues in many inverteb
 rate classes.  Within the Collembola\, the weight of evidence in the "lump
 ers vs splitters" debate is that in most cases the splitters were not spli
 tting things nearly far enough!  A UK-wide sampling campaign to define two
  common genera (Entomobrya and Lepidocyrtus) has confirmed cryptic species
  in both genera\, and that the entire taxonomy of Lepidocyrtus needs redef
 ining using molecular tools.  Common UK Collembolan clades have turned up 
 in the sub-Antarctic and all major continents\, suggesting widespread syna
 nthropic dispersal of these overlooked soil animals.  In future high-throu
 ghput sampling will be required to quantify the distribution of clades\, a
 nd distributional databases will need to be reconfigured to recognise gene
 tic data.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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