Molecular phylogeny and systematic in the genus Brachycaudus (Homoptera: Aphididae): insights from a combined analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes

A molecular phylogeny of the western Palearctic weevil genus Kyklioacalles Stüben, 1999 is presented, combining two mitochondrial genes (CO1 and 16S) in a Bayesian analysis. Based on molecular data, the validity of the subspecies Kyklioacalles punctaticollis punctaticollis (Lucas, 1849) and Kyklioacalles punctaticollis meteoricus (Meyer, 1909) is discussed and the morphological differentiation of the endophalli and known distributions of both subspecies are verified. Glaberacalles subg. n. (formerly Kyklioacalles punctaticollis-group) and two new species are described, Kyklioacalles atlasicus sp.n. from Morocco and Kyklioacalles plantapilosus sp.n. from Spain. Kyklioacalles berberi (Stüben, 2005), comb. n. and Kyklioacalles olcesei (Tournier, 1873) comb. n. are transferred from Acalles Schoenherr. The molecular results further advocate a transfer of Onyxacalles pyrenaeus (Boheman, 1844) to Kyklioacalles; however this is not supported by morphological evidence. Kyklioacalles almadensis Stüben, 2004 syn. n. (Spain) is synonymized with Kyklioacalles bupleuri Stüben, 2004 (Tunisia). A catalogue of all 40 (sub-)species of Kyklioacalles is given and a key of the species of the subgenus Glaberacalles is presented.

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Molecular phylogeny of the Taeniapterini (Diptera: Micropezidae) using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, with a reclassification of the genus Taeniaptera Macquart

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/1876312x-45032125 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 46 (5) ◽

pp. 411-430 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Morgan D. Jackson ◽

Stephen A. Marshall ◽

Jeffrey H. Skevington

Keyword(s):

Mitochondrial Dna ◽

Bayesian Inference ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Maximum Parsimony ◽

New World ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Species Group ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Paraphyletic Group ◽

Total Dna

DNA molecular data are used to generate a phylogeny for the micropezid subfamily Taeniapterinae. Thirty-two taeniapterine species were sampled, including 10 of the 20 New World genera recognized by Steyskal, as well as one genus formerly treated as a synonym of Poecilotylus Hennig (Hemichaeta Steyskal). Five species from the Micropezinae were included as outgroups. A total DNA dataset of 4705 bp, including mitochondrial genes (12S and cytochrome c oxidase I (COI)) and nuclear coding genes (wingless and CAD), was analysed using maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference. The genus Taeniaptera Macquart was found to be non-monophyletic with respect to the remainder of the Taeniapterini analysed here. Taeniaptera is restricted to the Taeniaptera trivittata Macquart species group, Mitromyia Cresson is resurrected to contain the Taeniaptera grata (Wulp) species group, and Paragrallomyia Hendel is resurrected to contain most species previously considered Taeniaptera. Poecilotylus is recognized as a paraphyletic group awaiting further research.

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A Molecular Phylogeny of the Dove Genus Zenaida: Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Sequences

The Condor ◽

10.1093/condor/102.4.864 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 102 (4) ◽

pp. 864-870 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Kevin P. Johnson ◽

Dale H. Clayton

Keyword(s):

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Cytochrome B ◽

Dna Sequences ◽

Nuclear Dna ◽

Bootstrap Support ◽

Zenaida Asiatica ◽

Species Status ◽

Combined Analysis ◽

Significant Conflict

AbstractWe reconstructed a phylogeny for the seven species of doves in the genus Zenaida on the basis of a combined analysis of mitochondrial (ND2 and cytochrome b) and nuclear (fibrinogen intron 7) DNA sequences. This phylogeny, which is completely resolved, is well supported with all nodes showing greater than 50% bootstrap support. There was no significant conflict between trees based on each gene independently, although trees produced from fibrinogen intron 7 did not resolve relationships among five of the Zenaida species. The species status of Z. graysoni, as well as that of Z. meloda, is suggested based on their divergence from sister taxa (about 1% and 4%, respectively) and other differences. Zenaida can be divided into two major groups: Zenaida asiatica and Z. meloda versus Z. aurita, Z. galapagoensis, Z. auriculata, Z. graysoni, and Z. macroura.

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Five new Palaearctic species of Docosia (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with updated molecular phylogeny of the genus

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2020.717.1095 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 717 ◽

pp. 3-26

Author(s):

Jan Ševčík ◽

Nikola Burdíková ◽

David Kaspřák ◽

Olavi Kurina

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Dna Markers ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Palaearctic Species ◽

Phylogenetic Hypothesis ◽

Combined Analysis ◽

The Russian Far East

A new phylogenetic hypothesis is proposed for the relationships among the species within the genus Docosia Winnertz, 1863, based on a combined analysis of five DNA markers (28S, ITS2, COI, COII and CytB). Five new species are described, Docosia anatolica Ševčík sp. nov. from Turkey, D. japonica Kurina sp. nov. from Japan, D. peloponnensis Ševčík sp. nov. from Greece, D. svanetica Kurina sp. nov. from Caucasus and D. polyspina Kurina sp. nov. from the Russian Far East. New country records of the following species are presented: D. diutina Plassmann, 1996 (Turkey), D. flavicoxa Strobl, 1900 (Georgia), D. gilvipes (Haliday in Walker, 1856) (Georgia), D. kerkini Kurina & Ševčík, 2011 (Bulgaria), D. moravica Landrock, 1916 (Georgia), D. pannonica Lastovka & Ševčík 2006 (Georgia) and D. rameli Kurina & Ševčík, 2011 (Slovakia).

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Goniurosaurus chengzheng sp. nov., a new species of Leopard Gecko from Guangxi, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4996.3.8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4996 (3) ◽

pp. 540-554

Author(s):

XIAO-YU ZHU ◽

YI-JIAO LIU ◽

YUN BAI ◽

CRISTIAN ROMÁN-PALACIOS ◽

ZHENG LI ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

East China ◽

Body Color ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Leopard Gecko ◽

Normal University ◽

A New Species

Six species of geckos in the genus Goniurosaurus have been recorded from Guangxi, China. Here we describe a new species, Goniurosaurus chengzheng sp. nov. The new species is similar to allied species from Guangxi, but unique in a combination of the following characters: (1) four body bands with three between limb insertions; (2) precloacal pores 20; (3) body color reddish- brown; (4) snout to eye distance: eye to ear distance < 1. We used the mitochondrial genes 16S and cytb to confirm the distinctiveness of the species and place it within a molecular phylogeny of Goniurosaurus. The type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Biology, East China Normal University (ECNU).

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Phylogenetic placements of the barbin genera Discherodontus, Chagunius, and Hypselobarbus in the subfamily Cyprininae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) and their relationships with other barbins

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3586.1.5 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3586 (1) ◽

pp. 26 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

LEI YANG ◽

M. VINCENT HIRT ◽

TETSUYA SADO ◽

M. ARUNACHALAM ◽

RAJA MANICKAM ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cytochrome C ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

South Asia ◽

Ribosomal Rna ◽

Dna Sequences ◽

Nadh Dehydrogenase ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Taxon Sampling ◽

Cyt B

The barbin genera Discherodontus Rainboth 1989, Chagunius Smith 1938 and Hypselobarbus Bleeker 1860 are distrib-uted in Southeast and South Asia and are among the least studied taxa of the order Cypriniformes. Few morphologicalstudies have been conducted on these genera and only a very limited number of morphological characters were employedto hypothesize or infer their monophyly, inter-relationships, and relationships with other barbins. The main aim of thisstudy is to examine the monophyly of these three genera and propose hypothesis of relationship among these taxa andother barbins based on a molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Cyprininae. A total of 106 cypriniform species were sam-pled, including 64 species and 31 genera of barbins collected from Eurasia and Africa. Partitioned maximum likelihoodanalysis was performed using DNA sequences derived from five mitochondrial genes (5601 bp): cytochrome c oxidasesubunit I (COI), cytochrome b (Cyt b), 16S ribosomal RNA (16S), NADH dehydrogenase subunits 4 (ND4) and subunits5 (ND5). The resulting phylogeny demonstrates that, under current taxon sampling, Discherodontus, Chagunius, andHypselobarbus are all monophyletic genera. Together they do not form a monophyletic group, as hypothesized in previousstudies, but are instead part of three distinct and unrelated clades. Discherodontus constitutes the basal lineage of a cladeformed by Southeast Asian barbins (e.g. Poropuntius, Hypsibarbus, Balantiocheilos); Chagunius is basal to a cladeformed mainly by Puntius and allies (although this relationship was only weakly supported); Hypselobarbus and Barbuscarnaticus formed a clade sister to a clade including Tor, Neolissochilus, Labeobarbus, and Varicorhinus. Homoplasy andshared plesiomorphy of some hypothesized important morphological characters employed in previous studies that led researchers to hypothesize earlier relationships are discussed.

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Molecular phylogeny of the spoonbills (Aves: Threskiornithidae) based on mitochondrial DNA

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2603.1.2 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2603 (1) ◽

pp. 53 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

R. TERRY CHESSER ◽

CAROL K. L. YEUNG ◽

CHENG-TE YAO ◽

XIU-HUA TIAN ◽

SHOU-HSIEN LI

Keyword(s):

Mitochondrial Dna ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Phylogenetic Trees ◽

Strong Support ◽

Sister Group ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Bayesian Analyses ◽

Limited Sampling

Spoonbills (genus Platalea) are a small group of wading birds, generally considered to constitute the subfamily Plataleinae (Aves: Threskiornithidae). We reconstructed phylogenetic relationships among the six species of spoonbills using variation in sequences of the mitochondrial genes ND2 and cytochrome b (total 1796 bp). Topologies of phylogenetic trees reconstructed using maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony, and Bayesian analyses were virtually identical and supported monophyly of the spoonbills. Most relationships within Platalea received strong support: P. minor and P. regia were closely related sister species, P. leucorodia was sister to the minor-regia clade, and P. alba was sister to the minor-regia-leucorodia clade. Relationships of P. flavipes and P. ajaja were less well resolved: these species either formed a clade that was sister to the four-species clade, or were successive sisters to this clade. This phylogeny is consistent with ideas of relatedness derived from spoonbill morphology. Our limited sampling of the Threskiornithinae (ibises), the putative sister group to the spoonbills, indicated that this group is paraphyletic, in agreement with previous molecular data; this suggests that separation of the Threskiornithidae into subfamilies Plataleinae and Threskiornithinae may not be warranted.

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