cryptic species complex

It has been suggested that cryptic species complexes are very common in the marine environment.

In Paramecium aurelia, a cryptic species complex was discovered by observation.

In some archipelagoes, cryptic species complexes are found.

Not all cryptic species complexes are superspecies, and vice versa, but many are.

Three species are currently recognized, though S. australis and S. lessoniana are believed to be cryptic species complexes.

Ring species complexes, superspecies complexes and cryptic species complexes are some different examples of species complexes.

Caterpillars of a possible new taxon of the Astraptes fulgerator cryptic species complex were found on L. arborea but do not seem to eat them regularly.

It is now known that M. grisea consists of a cryptic species complex containing at least two biological species that have clear genetic differences and do not interbreed.

It contains at present 106 species, but Alyxia stellata and A. tisserantii are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of further study.

In addition, Elachista contains several cryptic species complexes - such as the one around E. dispunctella and E. triseriatella - whose systematics and taxonomy are still not fully resolved.

A 2011 study concludes that L. reali is one of three members of a cryptic species complex which also includes L. sinapis and a new species L. juvernica (stat.

Though many tortrix moth genera are fairly comprehensively studied, with little other than cryptic species complexes remaining undiscovered, distinct new species of Epinotia are being described every few years or so.

Most problematic is the the cryptic species complex of Maniola (Maniola telmessia, Maniola nurag, Maniola chia, Maniola halicarnassus, Maniola cypricola).

Ficus maxima is pollinated by Tetrapus americanus, although recent work suggests that the species known as T. americanus is a cryptic species complex of at least two species, which are not sister taxa.

While L. saphonota might not belong into this genus (it was placed variously in Brevianta and Denivia in the past), L. ganimedes and L. rhaptissima might be cryptic species complexes.

Due to its large geographic range, Varanus indicus is considered a cryptic species complex of at least four species: Varanus indicus, Varanus doreanus,Varanus spinulosus, and Varanus jobiensis.

There are several cryptic species complexes in Catocala, e.g. the group around the Delilah Underwing (C. delilah); these and other hitherto unknown species are still being discovered and described in some numbers.

The increased use of DNA sequence in the investigation of organismal diversity (also called Phylogeography and DNA barcoding) has led to the discovery of a great many cryptic species complexes in all habitats.

They include a possible new taxon in the two-barred flasher (Astraptes fulgerator) cryptic species complex which seems to have acquired this ability only quite recently and is found at least on L. costaricensis and L. oliganthus.

The assumption that fig species are usually pollinated by just one species of fig wasp has been challenged by the discovery of cryptic species complexes among what was previously thought to be single species of fig wasps.

The widespread Cricket Frog (F. limnocharis) and some others have also been suspected to be cryptic species complexes since at least the 1970s, and indeed a few populations have been identified that almost certainly constitute undescribed species.

Cryptic species complexes are not the same as populations undergoing speciation: they typically represent a situation where speciation has already broken the gene flow between populations, but where evolution has not progressed to a point where easily recognizable adaptations have taken place.

But it appears that E. ciliatum is actually a cryptic species complex: the Rocky Mountain Willowherb (E. saximontanum) is sometimes included as yet another subspecies, while on the other hand it may well be that the three generally-recognized subspecies each consititute a distinct species.