A DNA barcode survey of insect biodiversity in Pakistan

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A DNA barcode survey of insect biodiversity in Pakistan. / Ashfaq, Muhammad; Khan, Arif M.; Rasool, Akhtar; Akhtar, Saleem; Nazir, Naila; Ahmed, Nazeer; Manzoor, Farkhanda; Sones, Jayme; Perez, Kate; Sarwar, Ghulam; Khan, Azhar A.; Akhter, Muhammad; Saeed, Shafqat; Sultana, Riffat; Tahir, Hafiz Muhammad; Rafi, Muhammad A.; Iftikhar, Romana; Naseem, Muhammad Tayyib; Masood, Mariyam; Tufail, Muhammad; Kumar, Santosh; Afzal, Sabila; McKeown, Jaclyn; Samejo, Ahmed Ali; Khaliq, Imran; D'Souza, Michelle L.; Mansoor, Shahid; Hebert, Paul D. N.

In: PeerJ, Vol. 10, e13267, 2022.

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Ashfaq, M, Khan, AM, Rasool, A, Akhtar, S, Nazir, N, Ahmed, N, Manzoor, F, Sones, J, Perez, K, Sarwar, G, Khan, AA, Akhter, M, Saeed, S, Sultana, R, Tahir, HM, Rafi, MA, Iftikhar, R, Naseem, MT, Masood, M, Tufail, M, Kumar, S, Afzal, S, McKeown, J, Samejo, AA, Khaliq, I, D'Souza, ML, Mansoor, S & Hebert, PDN 2022, 'A DNA barcode survey of insect biodiversity in Pakistan', PeerJ, vol. 10, e13267. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13267

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Ashfaq, M., Khan, A. M., Rasool, A., Akhtar, S., Nazir, N., Ahmed, N., Manzoor, F., Sones, J., Perez, K., Sarwar, G., Khan, A. A., Akhter, M., Saeed, S., Sultana, R., Tahir, H. M., Rafi, M. A., Iftikhar, R., Naseem, M. T., Masood, M., ... Hebert, P. D. N. (2022). A DNA barcode survey of insect biodiversity in Pakistan. PeerJ, 10, [e13267]. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13267

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Ashfaq M, Khan AM, Rasool A, Akhtar S, Nazir N, Ahmed N et al. A DNA barcode survey of insect biodiversity in Pakistan. PeerJ. 2022;10. e13267. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13267

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Ashfaq, Muhammad ; Khan, Arif M. ; Rasool, Akhtar ; Akhtar, Saleem ; Nazir, Naila ; Ahmed, Nazeer ; Manzoor, Farkhanda ; Sones, Jayme ; Perez, Kate ; Sarwar, Ghulam ; Khan, Azhar A. ; Akhter, Muhammad ; Saeed, Shafqat ; Sultana, Riffat ; Tahir, Hafiz Muhammad ; Rafi, Muhammad A. ; Iftikhar, Romana ; Naseem, Muhammad Tayyib ; Masood, Mariyam ; Tufail, Muhammad ; Kumar, Santosh ; Afzal, Sabila ; McKeown, Jaclyn ; Samejo, Ahmed Ali ; Khaliq, Imran ; D'Souza, Michelle L. ; Mansoor, Shahid ; Hebert, Paul D. N. / A DNA barcode survey of insect biodiversity in Pakistan. In: PeerJ. 2022 ; Vol. 10.

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title = "A DNA barcode survey of insect biodiversity in Pakistan",
abstract = "Although Pakistan has rich biodiversity, many groups are poorly known, particularly insects. To address this gap, we employed DNA barcoding to survey its insect diversity. Specimens obtained through diverse collecting methods at 1,858 sites across Pakistan from 2010-2019 were examined for sequence variation in the 658 bp barcode region of the cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COI) gene. Sequences from nearly 49,000 specimens were assigned to 6,590 Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), a proxy for species, and most (88%) also possessed a representative image on the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). By coupling morphological inspections with barcode matches on BOLD, every BIN was assigned to an order (19) and most (99.8%) were placed to a family (362). However, just 40% of the BINs were assigned to a genus (1,375) and 21% to a species (1,364). Five orders (Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera) accounted for 92% of the specimens and BINs. More than half of the BINs (59%) are so far only known from Pakistan, but others have also been reported from Bangladesh (13%), India (12%), and China (8%). Representing the first DNA barcode survey of the insect fauna in any South Asian country, this study provides the foundation for a complete inventory of the insect fauna in Pakistan while also contributing to the global DNA barcode reference library. ",
author = "Muhammad Ashfaq and Khan, {Arif M.} and Akhtar Rasool and Saleem Akhtar and Naila Nazir and Nazeer Ahmed and Farkhanda Manzoor and Jayme Sones and Kate Perez and Ghulam Sarwar and Khan, {Azhar A.} and Muhammad Akhter and Shafqat Saeed and Riffat Sultana and Tahir, {Hafiz Muhammad} and Rafi, {Muhammad A.} and Romana Iftikhar and Naseem, {Muhammad Tayyib} and Mariyam Masood and Muhammad Tufail and Santosh Kumar and Sabila Afzal and Jaclyn McKeown and Samejo, {Ahmed Ali} and Imran Khaliq and D'Souza, {Michelle L.} and Shahid Mansoor and Hebert, {Paul D. N.}",
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AU - Ashfaq, Muhammad

AU - Khan, Arif M.

AU - Rasool, Akhtar

AU - Akhtar, Saleem

AU - Nazir, Naila

AU - Ahmed, Nazeer

AU - Manzoor, Farkhanda

AU - Sones, Jayme

AU - Perez, Kate

AU - Sarwar, Ghulam

AU - Khan, Azhar A.

AU - Akhter, Muhammad

AU - Saeed, Shafqat

AU - Sultana, Riffat

AU - Tahir, Hafiz Muhammad

AU - Rafi, Muhammad A.

AU - Iftikhar, Romana

AU - Naseem, Muhammad Tayyib

AU - Masood, Mariyam

AU - Tufail, Muhammad

AU - Kumar, Santosh

AU - Afzal, Sabila

AU - McKeown, Jaclyn

AU - Samejo, Ahmed Ali

AU - Khaliq, Imran

AU - D'Souza, Michelle L.

AU - Mansoor, Shahid

AU - Hebert, Paul D. N.

N1 - © 2022 Ashfaq et al.

PY - 2022

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N2 - Although Pakistan has rich biodiversity, many groups are poorly known, particularly insects. To address this gap, we employed DNA barcoding to survey its insect diversity. Specimens obtained through diverse collecting methods at 1,858 sites across Pakistan from 2010-2019 were examined for sequence variation in the 658 bp barcode region of the cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COI) gene. Sequences from nearly 49,000 specimens were assigned to 6,590 Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), a proxy for species, and most (88%) also possessed a representative image on the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). By coupling morphological inspections with barcode matches on BOLD, every BIN was assigned to an order (19) and most (99.8%) were placed to a family (362). However, just 40% of the BINs were assigned to a genus (1,375) and 21% to a species (1,364). Five orders (Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera) accounted for 92% of the specimens and BINs. More than half of the BINs (59%) are so far only known from Pakistan, but others have also been reported from Bangladesh (13%), India (12%), and China (8%). Representing the first DNA barcode survey of the insect fauna in any South Asian country, this study provides the foundation for a complete inventory of the insect fauna in Pakistan while also contributing to the global DNA barcode reference library.

AB - Although Pakistan has rich biodiversity, many groups are poorly known, particularly insects. To address this gap, we employed DNA barcoding to survey its insect diversity. Specimens obtained through diverse collecting methods at 1,858 sites across Pakistan from 2010-2019 were examined for sequence variation in the 658 bp barcode region of the cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COI) gene. Sequences from nearly 49,000 specimens were assigned to 6,590 Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), a proxy for species, and most (88%) also possessed a representative image on the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). By coupling morphological inspections with barcode matches on BOLD, every BIN was assigned to an order (19) and most (99.8%) were placed to a family (362). However, just 40% of the BINs were assigned to a genus (1,375) and 21% to a species (1,364). Five orders (Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera) accounted for 92% of the specimens and BINs. More than half of the BINs (59%) are so far only known from Pakistan, but others have also been reported from Bangladesh (13%), India (12%), and China (8%). Representing the first DNA barcode survey of the insect fauna in any South Asian country, this study provides the foundation for a complete inventory of the insect fauna in Pakistan while also contributing to the global DNA barcode reference library.

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