A new subfamily classification of the Citrus family (Rutaceae) based on six nuclear and plastid markers

Although the Lembophyllaceae has undergone considerable revision during the last century, the generic and familial level relationships of this pleurocarpous moss family are still poorly understood. To address this problem, a generic revision of the Lembophyllaceae based on molecular data was undertaken. We analyzed two plastid markers, the trnL-trnF and the psbT-psbH region in combination with the ITS2 of nuclear ribosomal DNA. The molecular data reveal that the current circumscription of the family is too narrow and that several genera previously placed in the Lembophyllaceae should be reincluded. The family includes: Bestia, Camptochaete, Dolichomitra, Dolichomitriopsis, Fallaciella, Fifea, Isothecium, Lembophyllum, Looseria stat. nov., Pilotrichella, Rigodium, Tripterocladium, and Weymouthia. Looseria contains a single species: Looseria orbiculata comb. nov. Acrocladium is excluded and provisionally accommodated in the Lepyrodontaceae. Generic limits supported by the molecular data support a return to the early twentieth century family concept of Brotherus. The analyses indicate that the segregate genus Orthostichella is distinct from its parent genus Pilotrichella, probably at the family level. Whereas Pilotrichella is resolved within the Lembophyllaceae, Orthostichella clusters with Porotrichum and Porothamnium forming a clade (OPP-clade) sister to the remaining Neckeraceae and Lembophyllaceae. Hence, the Neckeraceae is paraphyletic. Recognition of the OPP-clade as a new family is desirable but awaits the results of detailed ongoing morphological studies.

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A new fossil species of the Australian endemic genus Peradenia Naumann & Masner (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea, Peradeniidae) from Baltic Amber

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/187631201x00146 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 191-194 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jens-Wilhelm Janzen ◽

Norman F. Johnson ◽

Luciana Musetti

Keyword(s):

Baltic Amber ◽

Australian Capital Territory ◽

Fossil Species ◽

Southeastern Australia ◽

Extant Species ◽

The Family ◽

The Status ◽

Subfamily Classification ◽

A New Species

AbstractThe family Peradeniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) is represented by two rare extant species from southeastern Australia (Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania). A new species, Peradenia galerita sp. n., is described from Eocene Baltic amber. The fossil species is very similar to the living Perndenia, but has the short metasomatic petiole typical of most Proctotrupoidea. The subfamily classification of Heloridae proposed by Rasnitsyn and the status of Peradeniidae are briefly reviewed. The subfamily Mesohelorinae Rasnitsyn, 1990 is a junior synonym of Protohelorinae Rasnitsyn, 1980 (syn. n.).

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The subfamily classification of the Micropezidae and the genera of Eurybatinae (Diptera: Schizophora)

Journal of Entomology Series B Taxonomy ◽

10.1111/j.1365-3113.1975.tb00133.x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 231-245 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

DAVID K. McALPINE

Keyword(s):

Subfamily Classification

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DESCRIPTIONS AND SUBFAMILY CLASSIFICATION OF SOME UNUSUAL PHORIDAE (DIPTERA)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent126703-3 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 126 (3) ◽

pp. 703-707 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Brian V. Brown

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Type Locality ◽

San Jose ◽

Subfamily Classification ◽

A New Species

AbstractA new species, Platydipteron balli (type locality near San José, Costa Rica), and first male specimens of Platydipteron are described. Based on these specimens, the genus is transferred from the Aenigmatiinae to the Metopininae. Male terminalia of Postoptica platypezoidea are described, and the genus is placed in the subfamily Phorinae.

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Ultraconserved elements help resolve the phylogeny of an ancient radiation of venomous flies (Diptera: Asilidae)

10.1101/2020.11.09.375196 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Chris M. Cohen ◽

Katherine Noble ◽

T. Jeffrey Cole ◽

Michael S. Brewer

Keyword(s):

Missing Data ◽

Gene Tree ◽

Parametric Bootstrap ◽

Molecular Study ◽

Tree Inference ◽

Robber Flies ◽

Gc Bias ◽

Recent Classification ◽

Subfamily Classification

AbstractRobber flies or assassin flies (Diptera: Asilidae) are a diverse family of venomous predators. The most recent classification organizes Asilidae into 14 subfamilies based on a comprehensive morphological phylogeny, but many of these have not been supported in a subsequent molecular study using traditional molecular markers. To address questions of monophyly in Asilidae, we leveraged the recently developed Diptera-wide UCE baitset to compile seven datasets comprising 151 robber flies and 146 - 2,508 loci, varying in the extent of missing data. We also studied the behavior of different nodal support metrics, as the non-parametric bootstrap is known to perform poorly with large genomic datasets. Our ML phylogeny was fully resolved and well-supported, but partially incongruent with the coalescent phylogeny. Further examination of the datasets suggested the possibility that GC bias had influenced gene tree inference and subsequent species tree analysis. The subfamilies Brachyrhopalinae, Dasypogoninae, Dioctriinae, Stenopogoninae, Tillobromatinae, Trigonomiminae, and Willistonininae were not recovered as monophyletic in either analysis, consistent with a previous molecular study. The inter-subfamily relationships are summarized as follows: Laphriinae and Dioctriinae (in part) are successively sister to the remaining subfamilies, which form two clades; the first consists of a grade of Stenopogoninae (in part), Willistonininae (in part), Bathypogoninae+Phellinae, Stichopogoninae, Leptogastrinae, Ommatiinae, and Asilinae; the second clade consists of a thoroughly paraphyletic assemblage of genera from Dioctriinae (in part), Trigonomiminae, Stenopogoninae (in part), Tillobromatinae, Brachyrhopalinae, and Dasypogoninae. We find that nodal support does not significantly vary with missing data. Furthermore, the bootstrap appears to overestimate nodal support, as has been reported from many recent studies. Gene concordance and site concordance factors seem to perform better, but may actually underestimate support. We instead recommend quartet concordance as a more appropriate estimator of nodal support. Our comprehensive phylogeny demonstrates that the higher classification of Asilidae is far from settled, and it will provide a much-needed foundation for a thorough revision of the subfamily classification.

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Xylopia annoniflora (Annonaceae): a new species from central Amazonia

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.317.2.5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 317 (2) ◽

pp. 130

Author(s):

MAIHYRA M. POMBO ◽

DAVID M. JOHNSON ◽

LARS W. CHATROU ◽

CHARLES E. ZARTMAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Amazon Basin ◽

Infrageneric Classification ◽

Central Amazonia ◽

Plastid Markers ◽

Seed Characters ◽

A New Species ◽

Combined Data

Xylopia Linnaeus (1759: 1250) is a monophyletic and widely distributed pantropical genus of Annonaceae (Kessler 1993, Dias & Kinoshita 1998, Lopes & Mello-Silva 2014, Stull et al. 2017). Stull et al. (2017) recently revised the infrageneric classification of the genus on the basis of combined data from seed characters and four plastid markers. Three novelties in arilo have been described, they also recognised a new section, Rugosperma, in addition to the four previously existing ones (Engler & Diels 1901). Approximately 65 species of Xylopia Linnaeus (1759: 1250) occur in the Neotropics, of which all are most likely members of section Xylopia Linnaeus (1759: 1250) (Stull et al. 2017). Nearly half (32 species) of the Neotropical taxa occur in Brazil, of which a majority inhabit the Amazon Basin (Lobão & Johnson 2007, Maas & Rainer 2015).

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Phylogenetic evaluation of subfamily classification of the Cyprinidae focusing on Vietnamese species

Aquatic Living Resources ◽

10.1051/alr:2007025 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 143-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Binh Thanh Thai ◽

Van Ngo Si ◽

Phuc Dinh Phan ◽

Christopher M. Austin

Keyword(s):

Subfamily Classification

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Supralittoral pseudoscorpions of the genus Garypus (Pseudoscorpiones : Garypidae) from the Indo-West Pacific region, with a review of the subfamily classification of Garypidae

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is19029 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 34

Author(s):

Mark S. Harvey ◽

Mia J. Hillyer ◽

Jose I. Carvajal ◽

Joel A. Huey

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Marshall Islands ◽

Pacific Region ◽

West Pacific ◽

Littoral Zones ◽

Nicobar Islands ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Subfamily Classification

The pseudoscorpions of the genus Garypus L. Koch are restricted to seashore habitats where they occupy supralittoral and littoral zones primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. Few species have been recorded from the Indo-West Pacific region, and this project was devised to produce a review of the species found in museum collections and to test the relationships of the various garypid genera using a molecular analysis and an assessment of their morphology. A new subfamily classification is proposed with the subfamilies Garypinae, including Garypus and the new genus Anchigarypus Harvey (type species Garypus californicus Banks), and the Synsphyroninae for the other genera (Ammogarypus Beier, Anagarypus Chamberlin, Elattogarypus Beier, Eremogarypus Beier, Meiogarypus Beier, Neogarypus Vachon, Paragarypus Vachon, Neogarypus Vachon, Synsphyronus Chamberlin, and Thaumastogarypus Beier). The species-level revision of Garypus provides evidence for at least 14 species, most of which are known from only single localities. The following species are redescribed: G. insularis Tullgren from the Seychelles, G. krusadiensis Murthy & Ananthakrishnan from India and Sri Lanka, G. longidigitus Hoff from Queensland, Australia, G. maldivensis Pocock from the Maldives, G. nicobarensis Beier from the Nicobar Islands and G. ornatus Beier from the Marshall Islands. The holotype of G. insularis is a tritonymph, and not therefore readily identifiable. Nine new species are described: G. latens Harvey, sp. nov., G. malgaryungu Harvey, sp. nov., G. necopinus Harvey, sp. nov., G. postlei Harvey, sp. nov., G. ranalliorum Harvey, sp. nov. and G. weipa Harvey, sp. nov. from northern Australia, G. dissitus Harvey, sp. nov. from Cocos-Keeling Island, G. reong Harvey, sp. nov. and G. yeni Harvey, sp. nov. from Indonesia. A further possible new species from Queensland is described but not named, as it is represented by a single tritonymph. The subspecies of the Caribbean species G. bonairensis Beier are elevated to full species status: G. bonairensis, G. realini Hummelinck and G. withi Hoff. We supplement the descriptions with sequence data from five specimens from four species of Garypus and two species of Anchigarypus, and find COI divergence levels of 7–19% between Garypus species. http://zoobank.org/References/16463E29-6F13-4392-9E41-46A4312C852B

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