@article{article_525860, title={Geometric morphometric analysis of pronotum shape in two isolated populations of Dorcadion anatolicum Pic, 1900 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Turkey}, journal={Turkish Journal of Entomology}, volume={43}, pages={263–270}, year={2019}, DOI={10.16970/entoted.525860}, author={Doğan Sarıkaya, Aslı and Okutaner, Atılay Yağmur and Sarıkaya, Özkan}, keywords={Coleoptera,Dorcadion anatolicum,geometric morphometrics,landmark,pronotum}, abstract={<p class="BodyA" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:medium;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;text-align:justify;text-indent:1cm;line-height:13pt;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The genus  <i>Dorcadion  </i>Dalman, 1817 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) comprises species living at ground surface and having lost the ability to fly. Hence the populations of the species are easily isolated from each other. These biological features are considered to be important factors for the acceleration of speciation in this genus. The effects of population isolation can be measured through the morphological characters of samples. The morphological characters that enabled the taxonomists to identify this genus are mainly subjective. <i> </i>This situation causes some systematic problems.  <i>Dorcadion anatolicum  </i>Pic, 1900 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is an endemic species in Turkey and the subspecies status of some populations is debated. The aim of this study was to determine pronotum shape variation via geometric morphometrics from two isolated localities and to contribute to knowledge of the taxonomic and evolutionary status of  <i>D. anatolicum </i>.  </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(196,89,17);" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The samples were collected from two different localities of Turkey (Kahramanmaraş and Konya Provinces) in March-April 2018. Results of morphometric analysis revealed that the pronotum shape variations of the samples allowed morphological discriminations of populations. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Türkiye Entomoloji Derneği}, organization={Ahi Evran University, Scientific Research Unit, Kırşehir, Turkey, Grant Project No: FEF.A4.18.}