TY - JOUR AU - Lamarre, G.P.A. AU - Decaëns, T. AU - Rougerie, R. AU - Barbut, J. AU - Dewaard, J.R. AU - Hebert, P.D.N. AU - Herbin, D. AU - Laguerre, M. AU - Thiaucourt, P. AU - Bonifacio Martins, M. PY - 2016// TI - An integrative taxonomy approach unveils unknown and threatened moth species in Amazonian rainforest fragments T2 - Insect Conserv Divers JO - Insect Conservation and Diversity SP - 475 EP - 479 VL - 9 IS - 5 KW - Amazonian forest KW - Belém center of endemism KW - centinelan extinction KW - conservation KW - DNA barcoding KW - Lepidoptera KW - species discovery N2 - This study focuses on the importance in hyperdiverse regions, such as the Amazonian forest, of accelerating and optimising the census of invertebrate communities. We carried out low-intensity sampling of tropical moth (Lepidoptera) assemblages in disturbed forest fragments in Brazil. We combined DNA barcoding and taxonomists’ expertise to produce fast and accurate surveys of local diversity, including the recognition and census of undescribed and endemic species. Integrating expert knowledge of species distributions, we show that despite limited sampling effort, our approach revealed an unexpectedly high number of new and endemic species in severely threatened tropical forest fragments. These results highlight the risk of silent centinelan extinctions and emphasise the urgent need for accelerated invertebrate surveys in high-endemism and human-impacted tropical forests. SN - 1752-4598 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/icad.12187 N1 - exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=730), last updated on Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:26:53 -0300 ID - Lamarre_etal2016 ER -