When DNA barcoding and morphology mesh: Ceratopogonidae diversity in Finnmark, Norway
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Sammendrag
DNA barcoding in Ceratopogonidae has been restricted to interpreting the medically and veterinary important
members of Culicoides Latreille. Here the technique is utilised, together with morphological study,
to interpret all members of the family in a select area. Limited sampling from the county of Finnmark in
northernmost Norway indicated the presence of 54 species, including 14 likely new to science, 16 new to
Norway, and one new to Europe. No species were previously recorded from this county. Only 93 species
were known for all of Norway before this survey, indicating how poorly studied the group is. We evaluate
and discuss morphological characters commonly used in identification of biting midges and relate species
diagnoses to released DNA barcode data from 223 specimens forming 58 barcode clusters in our dataset.
DNA barcodes and morphology were congruent for all species, except in three morphological species
where highly divergent barcode clusters indicate the possible presence of cryptic species.