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Under the framework of niche conservatism, we assessed whether these species have similar ecological niches, which could provide insights into their mode of divergence, conservation, and taxonomic status.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Location<\/jats:title><jats:p>The distribution range of <jats:italic>L.\u00a0castroviejoi<\/jats:italic> in the northern Iberian Peninsula, and that of <jats:italic>L.\u00a0corsicanus<\/jats:italic> in mainland Italy and Sicily.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We developed spatially explicit ecological models to characterize the niches of the two species by modelling them separately and together. Individual models were transferred to the territory of the sister species to explore their niche relationships. Predictions were assessed for discrimination and calibration in a cross\u2010assessment procedure.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The model trained with <jats:italic>L.\u00a0castroviejoi<\/jats:italic> was not able to predict the range of <jats:italic>L.\u00a0corsicanus<\/jats:italic>, whereas the model trained with <jats:italic>L.\u00a0corsicanus<\/jats:italic> was able to discriminate the <jats:italic>L.\u00a0castroviejoi<\/jats:italic> distribution better than by chance alone (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AUC<\/jats:styled-content>\u00a0=\u00a00.814), although the reliability of the predictions was limited. The model trained with <jats:italic>L.\u00a0corsicanus<\/jats:italic> in Italy's mainland (excluding the range in Sicily), however, discriminated <jats:italic>L.\u00a0castroviejoi<\/jats:italic> presences\/absences (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AUC<\/jats:styled-content>\u00a0=\u00a00.788) and accurately predicted its probability of occurrence. Furthermore, a well\u2010calibrated model, which was able to discriminate the species distributions (<jats:italic>L.\u00a0castroviejoi<\/jats:italic>,<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"> AUC<\/jats:styled-content>\u00a0=\u00a00.828; <jats:italic>L.\u00a0corsicanus<\/jats:italic>,<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"> AUC<\/jats:styled-content>\u00a0=\u00a00.956), was obtained when the species were considered together.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our results suggest that <jats:italic>L.\u00a0castroviejoi<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>L.\u00a0corsicanus<\/jats:italic> share extensive niche properties, which reinforces their possible conspecific status. The ecological niche of their ancestor may have resembled the present occupied niche of <jats:italic>L.\u00a0corsicanus<\/jats:italic> in mainland Italy, given that this model was able to accurately predict the distribution range of both species. 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