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U E . T S Y S O I B V I E N N A BioSyst EU BioSyst.EU 2013 Global systematics! 18-22 February 2013 Abstract volume Sponsored by Official Carrier BioSyst.EU 2013 Global systematics! 18–22 February 2013 2nd BioSyst.EU joint meeting 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biological Systematics (Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, GfBS) 7th Annual Meeting of the Network of Biological Systematics Austria (NOBIS Austria) Abstract-Volume Andreas Kroh, Björn Berning, Elisabeth Haring, Mathias Harzhauser, Helmut Sattmann, Julia Walochnik, Dominique Zimmermann & Martin Zuschin (Eds.) NOBIS Austria Vienna, 2013 BioSyst.EU 2013 ● Global systematics! ● 18–22 February 2013, Vienna, Austria Impressum/Imprint Eigentümer, Herausgeber und Verleger: © 2013 NOBIS Austria. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Für den Inhalt der Beiträge sind die Autoren verantwortlich. Redaktion: Andreas Kroh Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Österreich (Austria) Tel.: +43 (1) 521 77 / 576 Fax: +43 (1) 521 77 / 459 e-mail: [email protected] Umschlagentwurf: Mathias Harzhauser & Andreas Kroh Layout: Andreas Kroh Druck: Grasl Druck & Neue Medien GmbH, Bad Vöslau Disclaimer: Following the recommendation of the various nomenclatorial codes this work is not issued for the purpose of public and permanent scientific record, or for purposes of nomenclature and as such is not published within the meaning of the various codes. Any nomenclatural act contained herein (e.g. new combinations, new names), do thus not enter biological nomenclature or pre-empt intended publication in another work. 2 BioSyst.EU 2013 ● Global systematics! ● 18–22 February 2013, Vienna, Austria Contents Organising Committee ................................................................................... 4 Advisory Board ............................................................................................... 4 Preface ............................................................................................................. 5 Sponsors .......................................................................................................... 6 Abstracts ......................................................................................................... 7 List of Posters ................................................................................................. 243 List of Participants ......................................................................................... 249 Author Index ................................................................................................... 267 Addendum ....................................................................................................... 277 3 BioSyst.EU 2013 ● Global systematics! ● 18–22 February 2013, Vienna, Austria Organising Committee (in alphabetical order) Dr. Björn Berning Biology Center, Upper Austrian State Museums Priv.-Doz. Dr. Elisabeth Haring Natural History Museum Vienna, Central Research Laboratories Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser Natural History Museum Vienna, Department of Geology & Palaeontology Mag. Dr. Andreas Kroh Natural History Museum Vienna, Department of Geology & Palaeontology Dr. Helmut Sattmann Natural History Museum Vienna, Department of Invertebrate Zoology Ass.-Prof. Univ.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Julia Walochnik Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine Mag. Dominique Zimmermann Natural History Museum Vienna, Department of Entomology Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Martin Zuschin University of Vienna, Department of Palaeontology Advisory Board (in alphabetical order) Ulrike Aspöck (NOBIS), Juliet Brodie (SA), Cyrille D'Haese (SFS), Gerhard Haszprunar (GfBS), Seraina Klopfstein (SSS), Eve Lucas (SA), Patrick Martin (SFS), Alessandro Minelli (It), Reto Nyffeler (SSS), Michael Ohl (GfBS), Bengt Oxelman (SSF), Eric Smets (Neth), Livia Wanntorp (SSF). 4 BioSyst.EU 2013 ● Global systematics! ● 18–22 February 2013, Vienna, Austria Preface The umbrella organisation BioSyst.EU is intended to bring together and strengthen commu- nication between the various national systematic societies of Europe. Thus, NOBIS Austria as the host society of the second joint meeting is proud to welcome members and representa- tives of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (DE), the Société Française de Systé- matique (FRA), the Systematics Association (GB), the Swiss Systematics Society (CH) and the Svenska Systematikföreningen (SE). The motto of the 2nd BioSyst.EU 2013 meeting in Vienna, however, is “Global systematics!” – clearly insinuating a global perspective not only in science but also in respect to scientists. Therefore, we are very happy that more than 420 participants from 36 countries, including representatives from all continents, document the enormous interest of the scientific community in systematics. A strong group of convenors came up with more than 20 symposia and workshops with 381 oral and poster presentations. We even managed to cross the border between life- and earth- sciences as geological deep time considerations are frequently found in the abstracts. Conse- quently, our meeting covers a very broad range of themes and topics ranging from protists to metazoans, and from the Cambrian to the Recent. We are looking forward to four days of intensive and stimulating discussions, controversies and new insights. On behalf of the organising committee we wish you all a pleasant and fruit- ful stay in Vienna. Mathias Harzhauser President of NOBIS Austria 5 BioSyst.EU 2013 ● Global systematics! ● 18–22 February 2013, Vienna, Austria Sponsors We gratefully acknowledge the support received from the following institutions and companies (in alphabethical order): • Austrian Airlines • Brill • Department für Paläontologie, Universität Wien • Fakultät für Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie, Universität Wien • LGC Genomics incorporating KBiosciences • Maney Publishing • Naturhistorisches Museum Wien • Springer Verlag GmbH • Stadt Wien • The Company of Biologists • Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg • Vienna Convention Bureau • Zeiss Austria 6 BioSyst.EU 2013 ● Global systematics! ● 18–22 February 2013, Vienna, Austria Abstracts – Talks and posters In alphabethical order by first author. All authors are listed in the Author Index at the end of the volume. How to assign species status to cryptic lineages: the case of Troglodrius galarzai (Annelida, Clitellata, Tubificinae) [Talk] Ainara Achurra Dpt. Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, University of The Basque Country UPV/EHU; [email protected] Pilar Rodriguez Dpt. Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, University of The Basque Country UPV/EHU; [email protected] Cryptic species based on molecular evidence are accumulating in the literature, becoming a problem in taxonomy and affecting all fields of biologye.g. applied ecology and conservation. The main reason may be that resolving the incongruence between morphology and DNA data is not attempted in most cases. Here, we show how a detailed re-evaluation of the morphological characters supported the recognition of two cryptic lineages as species. Troglodrilus galarzai (Giani and Rodriguez, 1988) is a groundwater limited oligochaete species from south-western Europe. Mitochondrial gene data revealed a maximum genetic distance of 18 % (p) in the species, which led to consider it as cryptic. In the light of the molecular results, we evaluated 23 morphological characters and compared the ranges of the trait values across populations. For this purpose, we calculated the coefficient of difference by Mayr (CD), which evaluates the overlap- ping of characters between populations. Higher CD values correspond to lower overlap in trait values. A character was considered to be diagnostic if it showed no overlap in trait values. We applied the statisti- cal method by Wiens and Servedio to estimate whether or not we had examined sufficient individuals to delimit a species by one or more diagnostic traits. The test was applied only to characters that showed no correlation. Results separated two metapopulations based on five diagnostic characters and showed that the total number of analysed specimens was high enough (>15) to assume fixation of the five diagnostic characters. Therefore, a new species was proposed for the French metapopulation, Troglodrilus jugeti Achurra et al., 2012, while T. galarzai was retained for the Iberian metapopulation. The recognition of two Troglodrilus species has direct consequences on regional conservation plans of groundwaters since both species show a narrow endemism and in addition, groundwater-limited taxa are vulnerable to envi- ronmental oscillations due to their high specialization for the subterranean medium. ——————————————————————— Cell morphology and SSrRNA data contradict the lorica-based classification of tintinnid ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora) [Talk] Sabine Agatha Dept. Organismic Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria; [email protected] Michaela C. Strüder-Kypke Dept. Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada; [email protected] Tintinnids are mainly marine planktonic ciliates. They form vase-shaped or tube-shaped loricae (houses), which might be hyaline or agglomerated with biogenic and abiogenic particles on the whole surface or only the posterior portion. The classification of the about 1,000 extant tintinnid species is entirely based on lorica features, although they are known to vary with environmental conditions and the cell