Halozetes capensis

Pfingstl, Tobias, Wagner, MaXimilian, Hugo-Coetzee, Julia Baumann Elizabeth A., Neethling, Jan Andries & Bardel-Kahr, Iris, 2022, Contrasting phylogeographic patterns of intertidal mites (Acari, Oribatida) along the South African shoreline, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 22 (3), pp. 789-801 : 794

Halozetes capensis

TCS analyses resulted in a network of nine haplotypes for Halozetes capensis which show a clear geographic pattern. Specimens from Kaimaan’s River and Kayser’s Beach each show a single haplotype (mites were only found in a single spot at each location) and both are closely related to the three different haplotypes found in Nature’s valley ( Fig. 4 ). There are four haplotypes shown by the individuals from De Hoop and these are clearly separated from the haplotypes of the other locations. Specimens from De Hoop and Nature’s Valley show nearly equal genetic (haplotide) diversity (Table 2). Intraspecific divergences between populations of Halozetes capensis range from 0.3 to 3.3%, whereas lowest distances are shown between Nature’s Valley and Wilderness, and highest between De Hoop and Kayser’s Beach ( Table 4).

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Fig. 4 Statistical parsimony haplotype network based on COI sequences of South African Halozetes capensis populations. Colors refer to geographic loca- tions as indicated on the small map below. Red arrow indicates that Kayser’s Beach is located approx. 400 km northeast to Wilderness