TY - JOUR T1 - PASSIFOR: A reference library of DNA barcodes for French saproxylic beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) JF - Biodiversity Data Journal JO - BDJ M3 - 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4078 VL - 3 AU - Rougerie, Rodolphe AU - Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos AU - Barnouin, Thomas AU - Delnatte, Julien AU - Moulin, Nicolas AU - Noblecourt, Thierry AU - Nusillard, Benoît AU - Parmain, Guillem AU - Soldati, Fabien AU - Bouget, Christophe Y1 - 04/03/2015 UR - https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4078 N2 - Saproxylic beetles – associated with dead wood or with other insects, fungi and microorganisms that decompose it – play a major role in forest nutrient cycling. They are important ecosystem service providers and are used as key bio-indicators of old-growth forests. In France alone, where the present study took place, there are about 2500 species distributed within 71 families. This high diversity represents a major challenge for specimen sorting and identification. The PASSIFOR project aims at developing a DNA metabarcoding approach to facilitate and enhance the monitoring of saproxylic beetles as indicators in ecological studies. As a first step toward that goal we assembled a library of DNA barcodes using the standard genetic marker for animals, i.e. a portion of the COI mitochondrial gene. In the present contribution, we release a library including 656 records representing 410 species in 40 different families. Species were identified by expert taxonomists, and each record is linked to a voucher specimen to enable future morphological examination. We also highlight and briefly discuss cases of low interspecific divergences, as well as cases of high intraspecific divergences that might represent cases of overlooked or cryptic diversity. PB - Pensoft Publishers SP - e4078 SN - 1314-2836 SN - 1314-2828 IS - ER -