Table 1 Analyzed populations, their sampling sites, sample number, kind of substrate, geographic coordinates, elevation, and type of analyses with number of analyzed specimens (LM, light microscopy; SEM, scanning electron microscopy, orcein, orcein staining; CLSM, confocal laser scanning microscopy; morphometry, morphometric data collection; cox1 and 18S rRNA, molecular study of the corresponding gene)
Population (within brackets its abbreviation) | Sampling site | Sample number | Substrate | Geographical coordinates | a.s.l. (m) | Animals | Orcein | Eggs | Morphometry | DNA analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LM | SEM | LM | SEM | CLSM | Animals | Eggs | cox1 | 18S | |||||||
Clare Island (CI) | Clare Island (Co. Mayo, Ireland) | C2714 | turf | 53°N 48.447 9°W 56.629 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 |  | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Clare Island (CI-m) | Clare Island (Co. Mayo, Ireland) | C2723 | moss | 53°N 48.447 9°W 56.629 | 0 | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rocchetta (Ro) | Rocchetta (Trento, Italy) | C2690 | leaf litter | 46°N 14.113011°E 03.463 | 350 | 10 |  | 24 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
Andalo (An) | Andalo (Trento, Italy) | C2762 | leaf litter | 46°N 09.742010°E 59.455 | 1100 | 12 |  | 10 | 10 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Passo Ballino (PB) | Passo Ballino (Trento, Italy) | C2693 | leaf litter | 45°N 58.724010°E 49.374 | 731 | 21 |  | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Pondel (Po) | Pondel (Aosta, Italy) | C2701 | leaf litter | 45°N 40.522007°E 13.344 | 890 | 16 |  | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Gaggio (Ga) | Gaggio (Modena, Italy) | C2698 | leaf litter | 44°N 37.736011°E 02.234 | 31 | 11 |  | 37 | 9 | 1 |  | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
Formigine (Fo) | Formigine (Modena, Italy) | C2680 | leaf litter | 44°N 34.253010°E50.892 | 86 | 244 | 6 | 162 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
Ospitaletto (OA) | Ospitaletto (Modena, Italy) | C2794 | leaf litter | 44°N 26.521010°E 53.207 | 467 | 7 |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Ospitaletto (OB) | Ospitaletto (Modena, Italy) | C2793 | leaf litter | 44°N 26.349010°E53.125 | 504 | 3 |  | 63 | 12 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Riccò (Ri) | Riccò (Modena, Italy) | C2683 | leaf litter | 44°N 25.880 010E 50.464 | 462 | 15 |  | 56 | 15 | 6 |  | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
Piane di Mocogno (PM) | Piane di Mocogno (Modena, Italy) | C2112 | leaf litter | 44°N 16.775010°E 40.133 | 1312 | 16 |  | 16 | 9 | 3 |  | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Prodo (Pr) | Prodo (Terni, Italy) | C2703 | leaf litter | 42°N 45.965012°E 13.653 | 404 | 19 |  | 3 | 4 |  | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
Olbia (Ol) | Olbia (Olbia-Tempio, Sardinia, Italy) | C2702 | leaf litter | 40°N 49.919009°E 21.304 | 175 | 72 |  | 8 | 11 | 2 |  | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
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