Jiménez Pinadero, SergioFernández Marchán, DanielNovo Rodríguez, MartaTrigo Aza, María DoloresDomínguez, JorgeDíaz Cosín, Darío2024-12-202024-12-202021-03-27Sorry atlanticus, you are not my type: molecular assessment splits Zophoscolex (Lumbricidae, Crassiclitellata) into French and Iberian genera. Jiménez S, Marchán DF, Novo M, Trigo D, Domínguez J, Díaz Cosín DJ. 2022. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (3): 726–735.0024-40821096-364210.1093/zoolinnean/zlab011https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113108This work was supported by a grant from the Systematic Research Fund, by Xunta de Galicia. Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria. Secretaria Xeral de Universidades under grant ED431B 2019/038, and by subproject Fauna Ibérica XII. Oligochaeta, Lumbricoidea: Lumbricidae, Hormogastridae #PGC2018-095851-B-C66 from the Spanish Ministry of Sciences, Innovation and Universities. DFM was funded by a Juan de La Cierva-Formación grant (FJCI-2017-32895) from the Spanish Ministry of Sciences, Innovation and Universities, and MN was supported by the Spanish Government through Juan de la Cierva and Ramón y Cajal Fellowships.Molecular phylogenetics contributes to making important advances in the challenging field of earthworm taxonomy. Use of this type of analysis has enabled clarification of the phylogenetic relationships between early-branching genera of Lumbricidae within the highly diverse Franco-Iberian realm. However, molecular phylogenetic studies of the genus Zophoscolex are scarce and have led to taxonomic uncertainty due to insufficient sampling and the absence of the type species, Z. atlanticus, from such studies. The present study investigated 11 species of Zophoscolex (including Z. atlanticus), and the phylogenetic relationships were deduced from seven molecular markers (COI, COII, 16S, tRNAs, ND1, 12S, 28S) by Bayesian and maximum likelihood inference. The findings show that species of Zophoscolex did not belong to a single clade. Zophoscolex atlanticus was placed in a clade with Z. micellus, Z. graffi and Ethnodrilus zajonci. Other species of the genus were found to belong to the genera Cataladrilus and Compostelandrilus. Finally, most of the Iberian species form a distinct clade, which was formally described as the revised genus Castellodrilus. Based on these findings, Zophoscolex is restricted to French representatives. These results highlight the importance of incorporating type species in molecular phylogenetic analyses in order to reconcile taxonomy and systematics.engjournal articlehttps://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab011https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/194/3/726/6192817?login=truerestricted access595.1457557.06EarthwormsMolecular phylogeneticsSystematicsTaxonomyZoologíaInvertebradosGenética2401 Biología Animal (Zoología)2401.91 Invertebrados no Insectos2401.08 Genética Animal2401.14-2 Taxonomía Animal. Invertebrados no Insectos