diversity Article Molecular Species Delimitation of Larks (Aves: Alaudidae), and Integrative Taxonomy of the Genus Calandrella, with the Description of a Range-Restricted African Relic Taxon Martin Stervander 1,2,3,4,* , Bengt Hansson 1 , Urban Olsson 5,6 , Mark F. Hulme 2,7 , Ulf Ottosson 2 and Per Alström 8,9,* 1 Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab, Department of Biology, Lund University, Ecology Building, 223 62 Lund, Sweden;
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[email protected] (P.A.) http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:95759AE0-C9F8-4403-9451- BED6770DE210 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:565ECF77-AEAF-42C0-B099-5C3696A49484 Received: 19 October 2020; Accepted: 12 November 2020; Published: 13 November 2020 Abstract: Larks constitute an avian family of exceptional cryptic diversity and striking examples of convergent evolution.