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<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-34532025000100404</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/ib.20078706e.2025.96.5466</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Ixchela azteca (Araneae: Pholcidae), a widespread spider species from Central Mexico: Underestimated diversity or morphological and genetic variation?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Ixchela azteca (Araneae: Pholcidae), una especie de araña ampliamente distribuida en el centro de México: ¿diversidad subestimada o variación morfológica y genética?]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valdez-Mondragón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nolasco-Garduño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Samuel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste Programa Académico de Planeación Ambiental y Conservación Laboratorio de Aracnología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Paz Baja California Sur]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>96</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532025000100404&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532025000100404&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532025000100404&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract We describe the morphological and genetic variation in Ixchela azteca Valdez-Mondragón &amp; Francke (Pholcidae) from central Mexico, based on morphological and DNA barcoding evidence. Species delimitation employing the barcoding locus included 3 methods under the corrected genetic p-distances neighbor-joining (NJ) criteria: 1) Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP), 2) General Mixed Yule Coalescent model (GMYC), and 3) Bayesian Poisson Tree Processes (bPTP). The genetic analyses found a genetic p-distance of 3.5% between 2 populations of I. azteca. The molecular methods and morphology were not congruent in delimiting and recognizing 2 possible different species. Instead, 2 allopatric populations of I. azteca are recognized. Also, an updated taxonomic revision of I. azteca is included. In conclusion, the incongruence between the molecular delimitation methods for species delimitation and the morphological, genetic, ecological, and biogeographic evidence maintain I. azteca as a widespread species across central Mexico, with allopatric populations in temperate and semiarid regions.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Describimos la variación morfológica y genética en Ixchela azteca Valdez-Mondragón y Francke (Pholcidae) del centro de México, basado en evidencia morfológica y código de barras de DNA. La delimitación de especies con el locus de código de barras incluyó 3 métodos bajo el criterio de distancias genéticas p corregidas &#8220;neighbor-joining&#8221; (NJ): 1) &#8220;Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning&#8221; (ASAP), 2) &#8220;General Mixed Yule Coalescent model&#8221; (GMYC), and 3) &#8220;Bayesian Poisson Tree Processes&#8221; (bPTP). Los análisis genéticos entre 2 poblaciones de I. azteca encontraron una distancia genética p de 3.5%. Los métodos moleculares y morfología no fueron congruentes para delimitar y reconocer 2 posibles especies, pero sí se reconocen 2 poblaciones alopátricas de I. azteca. Adicionalmente, se incluye una revisión taxonómica actualizada de I. azteca. En conclusión, la incongruencia de los métodos de delimitación molecular para la delimitación de especies en combinación con la evidencia morfológica, genética, ecológica y biogeográfica, corrobora a I. azteca como una especie ampliamente extendida en la región central de México, con poblaciones alopátricas en zonas templadas, pero también en regiones semiáridas.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Species delimitation]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Taxonomía integrativa]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ecología]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Provincias biogeográficas]]></kwd>
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