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This study reveals significant hidden soil biodiversity in the Canary Islands using high-throughput sequencing. The integrated approach enhances species inventories and conservation strategies for cryptic invertebrate taxa.

Keywords:
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Area of Science:

  • Conservation Biogeography
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Soil Biodiversity Research

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  • Biodiversity data shortfalls hinder species detection, distribution mapping, and conservation planning, especially for hyperdiverse, understudied invertebrate groups.
  • Hidden diversity in soil ecosystems remains largely undocumented, posing challenges for accurate biogeographic analyses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and demonstrate an integrated high-throughput sequencing (HTS) framework to improve species inventories and understand hidden diversity.
  • To enhance the representation of cryptic invertebrate diversity in regional species inventories and close knowledge gaps in species distributions and genetic diversity.
  • To provide a transferable model for advancing the biogeography, evolutionary understanding, and conservation of understudied taxa.

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  • Integrated HTS framework combining megabarcoding of over 4000 mesofauna specimens and community DNA metabarcoding of 168 soil samples.
  • Development of a curated species-level molecular reference library for consistent taxonomic assignment.
  • Application of the workflow to the Canary Islands to assess soil invertebrate diversity and genetic structure.

Main Results:

  • Identification of 145 species of mites and springtails, including 49 new records for the archipelago and numerous potential undescribed taxa.
  • Generation of 1440 species occurrences, revealing extensive distributional gaps, range expansions, and strong within-island phylogeographic structuring.
  • Demonstration of significant underestimation of soil biodiversity and prevalent diversification at fine spatial scales.

Conclusions:

  • The integrated HTS approach effectively reveals hidden soil biodiversity and enhances spatial and genetic resolution of occurrence data.
  • The study highlights a substantial underestimation of soil biodiversity, emphasizing the need for advanced molecular techniques.
  • This framework offers a transferable model for advancing the biogeography, evolutionary insights, and conservation of cryptic taxa globally.