Karolina Mahlerová, Pavel Jakubec, Karol Krak, Jan Růžička
{"title":"Resolving the intergeneric phylogeny of the large carrion beetles (Staphylinidae: Silphinae: Silphini)","authors":"Karolina Mahlerová, Pavel Jakubec, Karol Krak, Jan Růžička","doi":"10.1111/syen.12650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12650","url":null,"abstract":"The worldwide distributed subfamily of rove beetles Silphinae contains two well‐established tribes, based on both morphological and molecular data. The relationships within the tribe Nicrophorini have been mostly resolved; however, the tribe Silphini still lacks a robust phylogeny. Thus, here we resolved the phylogeny of the tribe based on 42 species of the 114 known species, using five molecular markers. <jats:italic>Heterotemna tenuicornis</jats:italic> Brullé clustered as sister to <jats:italic>Silpha tristis</jats:italic> Illiger, making the subgenus <jats:italic>Silpha</jats:italic> Linnaeus paraphyletic. Consequently, <jats:italic>Heterotemna</jats:italic> Wollaston is considered a junior subjective synonym of <jats:italic>Silpha</jats:italic> Linnaeus; requiring the following combinations: <jats:italic>Silpha</jats:italic> (<jats:italic>Silpha</jats:italic>) <jats:italic>britoi</jats:italic> (García & Pérez), comb. nov., <jats:italic>Silpha</jats:italic> (<jats:italic>Silpha</jats:italic>) <jats:italic>figurata</jats:italic> Brullé, comb. rest., and <jats:italic>Silpha</jats:italic> (<jats:italic>Silpha</jats:italic>) <jats:italic>tenuicornis</jats:italic> Brullé, comb. rest. Our estimate of the phylogeny agrees with current generic limits except it revealed that the genus <jats:italic>Aclypea</jats:italic> Reitter arose from within the genus <jats:italic>Silpha</jats:italic>, thus making the latter paraphyletic. Some ambiguity remains regarding the confidence of this finding; therefore, we refrain from synonymizing <jats:italic>Aclypea</jats:italic> until further study. Furthermore, it includes biogeographical information for each genus, which estimates the history of distributions of the Silphini across the Australian, Neotropical, and Oriental regions.","PeriodicalId":22126,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Entomology","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142254906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hamid Reza Ghanavi, Nicolas Chazot, Isabel Sanmartín, Leidys Murillo‐Ramos, Sebastián Duchêne, Pasi Sihvonen, Gunnar Brehm, Niklas Wahlberg
{"title":"Region‐specific diversification dynamics and biogeographic history of one of the most diverse families of insects","authors":"Hamid Reza Ghanavi, Nicolas Chazot, Isabel Sanmartín, Leidys Murillo‐Ramos, Sebastián Duchêne, Pasi Sihvonen, Gunnar Brehm, Niklas Wahlberg","doi":"10.1111/syen.12651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12651","url":null,"abstract":"A long‐standing question in evolutionary biology is how historical biogeographic processes have shaped the current diversity of organisms, especially for highly diverse groups. We study the diversification dynamics and biogeographic processes of one of the most diverse families of Lepidoptera, Geometridae, with over 24,000 described species and a worldwide distribution. Despite the cosmopolitan distribution of the family, most species of Geometridae have limited distribution ranges. We present the largest historical biogeography and diversification study on the current diversity patterns and distribution ranges of Geometridae. We use a multi‐locus dataset of 1200 taxa to estimate the historical biogeography of Geometridae, implementing a Bayesian approach of the Dispersal‐Extinction‐Cladogenesis (DEC) model that incorporates palaeographic‐based dispersal graphs with uncertainty in geological ages in RevBayes. We also implement a Bayesian time‐variable, episodic birth–death model and a model that allows branch‐specific speciation rates to estimate the diversification dynamics in the family. Our results suggest that the most recent common ancestor of Geometridae was distributed in the New World, with the Neotropics being the most likely ancestral area. An increase in diversification rates occurred circa 30–40 million years ago (Mya), coinciding with a time of a major global climate cooling in the Eocene. Clade‐specific shifts in speciation rates also occurred around 10–15 Mya, coincident with another period of major climate change in the Oligocene. Our results point to different biogeographical and evolutionary histories per area to show the differences of the diversification rates in different biogeographical regions through time, showing the relative importance of each region in the diversification history of Geometridae.","PeriodicalId":22126,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Entomology","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142269134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ishtiag H. Abdalla, Mervyn W. Mansell, Catherine L. Sole, Gimo M. Daniel
{"title":"Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the southern African lacewing genus Afroptera (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae)","authors":"Ishtiag H. Abdalla, Mervyn W. Mansell, Catherine L. Sole, Gimo M. Daniel","doi":"10.1111/syen.12648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12648","url":null,"abstract":"The lacewing genus <jats:italic>Afroptera</jats:italic> Abdalla & Mansell (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae) is endemic to southern Africa, predominantly found in the Fynbos and Succulent Karoo biomes. The taxonomy of the genus has been recently resolved. However, the monophyly and evolutionary history of the genus has never been addressed. This study employs an integrative phylogenetic approach, by incorporating three ribosomal genes (16S, 28S and 18S) and two protein‐coding genes (cytochrome oxidase subunit I and carbamoyl‐phosphate synthetase‐aspartate transcarbamoylase‐dihydroorotase), and morphological data to examine the monophyly and historical biogeography of <jats:italic>Afroptera</jats:italic>. We use Bayesian, parsimony and maximum likelihood phylogenetic methods to assess the monophyly and relatedness of <jats:italic>Afroptera</jats:italic> within the Nemopterinae. We also use ancestral range reconstruction and diversification analysis to infer the historical biogeography of the genus. Our analyses reveal the genus as a monophyletic lineage. The genus <jats:italic>Afroptera</jats:italic> originated during the Pliocene (5.24–3.13 Mya) in a desert environment, experiencing rapid speciation during the Pleistocene, primarily within the Fynbos and Succulent biomes; and secondarily dispersed into the Nama Karoo and Savannah (Kalahari) biomes. The current distribution patterns of <jats:italic>Afroptera</jats:italic> species likely stem from intensified aridification in the southwest during the Plio‐Pleistocene, consistent with the dry‐adapted nature of <jats:italic>Afroptera's</jats:italic> ancestors. Therefore, our findings suggest a climatically driven diversification model for the genus <jats:italic>Afroptera</jats:italic>.","PeriodicalId":22126,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Entomology","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141867468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolving perspectives in Hymenoptera systematics: Bridging fossils and genomes across time","authors":"Y. Miles Zhang, Silas Bossert, Tamara Spasojevic","doi":"10.1111/syen.12645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12645","url":null,"abstract":"The recent advances in sequencing technologies, phylogenomics and divergence dating methods call for an integrative review of the current state of Hymenoptera systematics. We here explore the impact of these latest developments on the Hymenoptera phylogeny and our understanding of the timing of Hymenoptera evolution, while identifying the current methodological constraints and persistent knowledge gaps that warrant further investigation. Our review highlights the lack of consensus among the backbone phylogeny of Hymenoptera between key phylogenomic studies, as the higher level phylogeny remains unresolved in key nodes such as the relationships among Eusymphyta, the relationships within the Infraorder Proctotrupomorpha and the placements of the superfamilies Ichneumonoidea, Ceraphronoidea and Vespoidea. Furthermore, we underline the huge variation in divergence age estimates for Hymenoptera and detect several major gaps and/or disagreements between the fossil record and available age estimates, either due to the poorly studied fossil record or problematic age estimates, or both. To better understand the timing of Hymenoptera evolution and the role of key diversification factors, we will need continuous efforts to (i) reconcile conflicts among morphological and molecular phylogenies, by improving taxon sampling of underrepresented lineages, applying novel techniques to study morphology, making use of genome‐scale data and critically assessing incongruences in genetic markers; (ii) improve the Hymenoptera fossil record, by exercising integrative taxonomy and bringing together paleontologists and neontologists; and (iii) reconcile age estimates, by relying on tip dating approaches to bridge fossils, morphology and genomes across time.","PeriodicalId":22126,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Entomology","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141744929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paul K. Masonick, Alex Knyshov, Eric R. L. Gordon, Dimitri Forero, Wei Song Hwang, Rochelle Hoey‐Chamberlain, Tatiana Bush, Stephanie Castillo, Madison Hernandez, Jamie Ramirez, Samantha Standring, Junxia Zhang, Christiane Weirauch
{"title":"A revised classification of the assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) based on combined analysis of phylogenomic and morphological data","authors":"Paul K. Masonick, Alex Knyshov, Eric R. L. Gordon, Dimitri Forero, Wei Song Hwang, Rochelle Hoey‐Chamberlain, Tatiana Bush, Stephanie Castillo, Madison Hernandez, Jamie Ramirez, Samantha Standring, Junxia Zhang, Christiane Weirauch","doi":"10.1111/syen.12646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12646","url":null,"abstract":"Assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae Latreille) comprise not only one of the largest radiations of predatory animals (22 subfamilies; >6,800 spp.) but also include the medically important kissing bugs (Triatominae Jeannel). Reduviidae are morphologically diverse, engage in an astounding array of predatory strategies and have evolved some of the most unique anti‐predator and stealth techniques in the animal kingdom. While significant progress has been made to reveal the evolutionary history of assassin bugs and revise their taxonomy, the non‐monophyly of the second largest assassin bug subfamily, Reduviinae Latreille, remains to be addressed. Leveraging phylogenomic data (2,291 loci) and 112 morphological characters, we performed the first data‐ and taxon‐rich (195 reduvioid taxa) combined phylogenetic analysis across Reduvioidea and reconstructed morphological diagnostic features for major lineages. We corroborated the rampant polyphyly of Reduviinae that demands substantial revisions to the subfamilial and tribal classification of assassin bugs. Our new classification for Reduviidae reduces the number of subfamilies to 19 and recognizes 40 tribes. We describe three new subfamilies to accommodate distantly related taxa previously classified as Reduviinae (Heteropinae subfam. nov., Nanokeralinae subfam. nov., and Pasirinae subfam. nov.). Triatominae sensu nov. are expanded to include closely related predatory reduviine genera. Cetherinae Jeannel, Chryxinae Champion, Pseudocetherinae Villiers, Salyavatinae Amyot & Serville and Sphaeridopinae Amyot & Serville are treated as junior synonyms of Reduviinae sensu nov. Epiroderinae Distant are synonymized with Phimophorinae Handlirsch sensu nov. and Bactrodini Stål stat. nov. are reclassified as a tribe of Harpactorinae Amyot & Serville. Psophidinae Distant is treated as a valid subfamily. This new classification represents a robust framework for future taxonomic and evolutionary research on assassin bugs.Zoobank Registration: <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" xlink:href=\"http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2310C9AA-0D53-4EF6-9E75-C2B3A98CE096\">http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2310C9AA-0D53-4EF6-9E75-C2B3A98CE096</jats:ext-link>","PeriodicalId":22126,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Entomology","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141745052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Target enrichment museomics of the Asian long‐horned beetle and its relatives (Cerambycidae: Anoplophora) reveals two independent origins of life in the cold","authors":"Sangil Kim, Brian D. Farrell","doi":"10.1111/syen.12647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12647","url":null,"abstract":"Resolving a robust phylogeny of an organismal group is often hindered by the limited availability of samples suitable for genomic or transcriptomic sequencing. Even for lineages of notable importance in evolutionary ecology, our phylogenetic comprehension remains largely unsatisfactory due to the challenges of acquiring samples across the clade. The long‐horned beetle genus <jats:italic>Anoplophora</jats:italic> Hope exemplifies such a group, globally renowned for two invasive pests—the Asian long‐horned beetle and citrus long‐horned beetle—which have inflicted significant damage to deciduous hardwood forest in North America and Europe. In contrast to the two temperate pests, the remaining 50 species in the genus inhabit subtropical forests of Southeast Asia, where most species are only infrequently encountered. Here, we present the first comprehensive phylogeny of <jats:italic>Anoplophora</jats:italic> using a PCR‐based target enrichment museomics approach. As a case study of employing PCR‐generated custom probes, we demonstrate the robustness and cost‐effectiveness of this in‐house method in successfully acquiring sequence data from historical specimens. Through extensive sampling of <jats:italic>Anoplophora</jats:italic> using museum specimens, we reveal a non‐sister relationship between the two temperate species and provide evidence for addressing taxonomic conundrums. Our biogeographical analyses indicate that the adaptation of the two temperate species occurred independently during the late Pliocene and Pleistocene after the establishment of temperate forests in East Asia in the late Miocene. Our findings highlight the importance of comprehensive phylogenetic inference in understanding the patterns and processes of these beetles' adaptation to temperate forests and lay the groundwork for investigating the genetic mechanism underlying life in the cold.","PeriodicalId":22126,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Entomology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141570292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen M. Baca, Grey T. Gustafson, Devon A. DeRaad, Alana Alexander, Paul M. Hime, Andrew E. Z. Short
{"title":"A shallow‐scale phylogenomics approach reveals repeated patterns of diversification among sympatric lineages of cryptic Neotropical aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae)","authors":"Stephen M. Baca, Grey T. Gustafson, Devon A. DeRaad, Alana Alexander, Paul M. Hime, Andrew E. Z. Short","doi":"10.1111/syen.12643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12643","url":null,"abstract":"The <jats:italic>Notomicrus traili</jats:italic> species group (Coleoptera: Noteridae) is a lineage of aquatic beetles distributed throughout South America and extends into Mexico and the West Indies. Previous research has revealed a species complex within this group, with multiple distinct clades sharing overlapping distributions and lineages attributed to <jats:italic>N. traili</jats:italic> and the closely related <jats:italic>Notomicrus gracilipes</jats:italic> recovered as polyphyletic. Here, we perform targeted capture of ultraconserved elements (UCEs) to examine relationships and patterns of evolution within the <jats:italic>N. traili</jats:italic> group. First, we use short‐read whole‐genome sequencing of four noterid genera to design a noterid‐specific UCE probe set (Noteridae 3.4Kv1) targeting over 3400 unique loci. Using this probe set, we capture UCE data from population‐level sampling of 44 <jats:italic>traili</jats:italic> group specimens from across the Neotropics, with an emphasis on the Guiana Shield where distributions of several putative <jats:italic>N. traili</jats:italic> group populations overlap. We subject the resulting data matrix to various trimming and data completeness treatments and reconstruct the phylogeny with both concatenated maximum likelihood and coalescent congruent methods. We recover robust phylogenetic estimates that identify several phylogenetically distinct clades within the <jats:italic>traili</jats:italic> group that share overlapping distributions. To test for the genetic distinctiveness of populations, we extract single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data from UCE alignments using a chimeric reference method to map UCE‐enriched reads and examine patterns of genetic clustering using principal component analyses (PCAs) and STRUCTURE. Population genetic results are highly concordant with recovered phylogenetic structure, revealing a high degree of co‐ancestry shared within identified clades, contrasting with limited ancestry sharing between clades. We recover a pattern consistent with repeated diversification and dispersal of the <jats:italic>traili</jats:italic> group in the Neotropics, highlighting the efficacy of a tailored UCE approach for facilitating shallow‐scale phylogenetic reconstructions and population genetic analyses, which can reveal novel aspects of coleopteran phylogeography.","PeriodicalId":22126,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Entomology","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141501233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon van Noort, Mircea-Dan Mitroiu, Roger Burks, Gary Gibson, Paul Hanson, John Heraty, Petr Janšta, Astrid Cruaud, Jean-Yves Rasplus
{"title":"Redefining Ormyridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with establishment of subfamilies and description of new genera","authors":"Simon van Noort, Mircea-Dan Mitroiu, Roger Burks, Gary Gibson, Paul Hanson, John Heraty, Petr Janšta, Astrid Cruaud, Jean-Yves Rasplus","doi":"10.1111/syen.12630","DOIUrl":"10.1111/syen.12630","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The circumscription of the family Ormyridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is revised after phylogenetic analysis based on ultra-conserved elements (UCEs) and comparative morphological assessment of the chalcid ‘Gall Clade’. Six genera are treated in the family, including two new genera, <i>Halleriaphagus</i> van Noort and Burks, <b>gen. nov</b>., and <i>Ouma</i> Mitroiu, <b>gen. nov.</b> One genus, <i>Eubeckerella</i> Narendran, is re-assigned to the family, and <i>Ormyrulus</i> Bouček is synonymised with <i>Ormyrus</i> Westwood, <b>syn. nov</b>., resulting in the new combination <i>Ormyrus gibbus</i> (Bouček), <b>comb. nov.</b> The six genera are classified in three subfamilies, two of which are newly described, Asparagobiinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, <b>subfam. nov.,</b> and Hemadinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, <b>subfam. nov.</b> <i>Halleriaphagus</i> is established for the newly described type species <i>Halleriaphagus phagolucida</i> van Noort and Burks, <b>sp. nov</b>., and <i>Ouma</i> is erected for <i>O. daleskeyae</i> Mitroiu, <b>sp. nov.</b>, and <i>O. emazantsi</i> Mitroiu, <b>sp. nov.</b> <i>Asparagobius</i> is revised with description of <i>Asparagobius bouceki</i> van Noort, <b>sp. nov.</b>, and <i>Asparagobius copelandi</i> Rasplus and van Noort, <b>sp. nov.</b> <i>Asparagobius</i> and <i>Halleriaphagus</i> are classified in Asparagobiinae, <i>Hemadas</i> in Hemadinae and <i>Eubeckerella</i>, <i>Ormyrus</i> and <i>Ouma</i> in Ormyrinae. The molecular support defining the ormyrid clade is corroborated by the proposed morphological synapomorphy of a foliaceous prepectus overlying the tegula base. Identification keys to the genera of Ormyridae and to the species of <i>Asparagobius</i> and <i>Ouma</i> are provided. Online Lucid identification keys and images of all the species treated herein are available at: http://www.waspweb.org.</p><p>Zoobank Registration: LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8811695B-EE57-4C18-A6B6-E63D267E2373.</p>","PeriodicalId":22126,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Entomology","volume":"49 3","pages":"447-494"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/syen.12630","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140836357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erki Õunap, Vineesh Nedumpally, Etka Yapar, Alan R. Lemmon, Toomas Tammaru
{"title":"Molecular phylogeny of north European Geometridae (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea)","authors":"Erki Õunap, Vineesh Nedumpally, Etka Yapar, Alan R. Lemmon, Toomas Tammaru","doi":"10.1111/syen.12638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12638","url":null,"abstract":"A comprehensive phylogeny of north European Geometridae is reconstructed using a two‐step analytical pipeline. First, a phylogenomic backbone tree was inferred using a 117‐species subset of geometrid moths and a 35‐species set of outgroup taxa from eight other macroheteroceran families. The data matrix totalled 209,499 bp from 648 protein‐coding loci obtained using anchored hybrid enrichment technique for sequencing. This backbone was used for constructing a larger phylogeny of Geometridae based on up to 11 ‘traditional’ protein‐coding genes which were obtained for all 376 species of north European geometrids, complemented by 98 species from taxonomic key groups of Geometridae from other parts of the world. Our results largely corroborate earlier findings about higher classification of Geometridae, but new evidence nevertheless allows us to suggest several changes to the taxonomy. Lampropterygini Õunap & Nedumpally tribus nova and Pelurgini Õunap & Nedumpally tribus nova (both Larentiinae) are described. Epirranthini are regarded as a junior subjective synonym of Rumiini syn. n. Triphosini and Macariini are shown to be paraphyletic within their current limits. <jats:italic>Costaconvexa</jats:italic> Agenjo is transferred from Xanthorhoini to Epirrhoini new tribe association, <jats:italic>Artiora</jats:italic> Meyrick from Ennomini incertae sedis to Boarmiini new tribe association, <jats:italic>Selenia</jats:italic> Hübner from Ennominae incertae sedis to Epionini new tribe association and <jats:italic>Epirranthis</jats:italic> Hübner from Epirranthini to Rumiini new tribe association. <jats:italic>Ochyria</jats:italic> Hübner stat. rev. is revived from synonym of <jats:italic>Xanthorhoe</jats:italic> Hübner as a valid genus and <jats:italic>Epelis</jats:italic> Hulst stat. rev. and <jats:italic>Speranza</jats:italic> Curtis stat. rev. from synonyms of <jats:italic>Macaria</jats:italic> Curtis as valid genera, leading to the following new or revised combinations: <jats:italic>Ochyria quadrifasiata</jats:italic> (Clerck) rev. comb., <jats:italic>Epelis carbonaria</jats:italic> (Clerck) comb. n., <jats:italic>Speranza fusca</jats:italic> (Thunberg) comb. n., <jats:italic>Speranza artesiaria</jats:italic> (Denis & Schiffermüller) rev. comb., <jats:italic>Speranza brunneata</jats:italic> (Thunberg) rev. comb., <jats:italic>Speranza wauaria</jats:italic> (Linnaeus) rev. comb., <jats:italic>Speranza loricaria</jats:italic> (Eversmann) rev. comb. <jats:italic>Perizoma saxicola</jats:italic> Tikhonov rev. comb. is transferred back to its original genus from <jats:italic>Gagitodes</jats:italic> Warren. <jats:italic>Hydrelia</jats:italic> Hübner, <jats:italic>Xanthorhoe</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Heliomata</jats:italic> Grote & Robinson are shown to be paraphyletic within their current limits.","PeriodicalId":22126,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Entomology","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140804021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mirela Mirić, Konstantin A. Efetov, Gerhard M. Tarmann, Andrea Chiocchio, Maria Heikkilä, David L. Wagner, Jadranka Rota
{"title":"First comprehensive higher level phylogeny of Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) including estimated ages of the major lineages and a review of known zygaenid fossils","authors":"Mirela Mirić, Konstantin A. Efetov, Gerhard M. Tarmann, Andrea Chiocchio, Maria Heikkilä, David L. Wagner, Jadranka Rota","doi":"10.1111/syen.12634","DOIUrl":"10.1111/syen.12634","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Zygaenidae, also known as burnet, forester, smoky, or leaf skeletonizer moths, are a family of mainly diurnal moths well known for their aposematic colouration and the ability to release hydrogen cyanide as a defence mechanism. So far, few attempts have been made to understand the evolutionary history of the global zygaenid fauna. Here, we inferred the most comprehensive molecular phylogeny for Zygaenidae to date and estimated the lineage timing-of-divergence with a Bayesian approach. Building on earlier work, we significantly increased the taxon and gene sampling for the family, which here included data from 30 gene fragments, recovered from public databases or newly sequenced, for almost 30% of the species representing 92 genera (49%) and all five subfamilies. We recovered strong support for the monophyly of Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae, and Zygaeninae. Procridinae were recovered as monophyletic with low support, whereas the monophyly of Callizygaeninae remains untested as we sampled only one of the two genera. In the core dataset, we recovered Procridinae as sister to Callizygaeninae + Chalcosiinae. This large clade is the sister lineage to Zygaeninae. The position of Inouelinae could not be resolved. The lineage leading to the extant Zygaenidae appears to have diverged in Late Cretaceous (ca. 86 Ma), while the divergence among the subfamilies occurred several million years before the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction event (ca. 66 Ma). Additionally, we provide a review of known fossil Zygaenidae as Appendix S1. Our results form a strong basis for future studies of zygaenid biosystematics, including their ecology, evolution, and behaviour.</p>","PeriodicalId":22126,"journal":{"name":"Systematic Entomology","volume":"49 4","pages":"610-623"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/syen.12634","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140804036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}