Phylogenetic relationships of the neon tetras Paracheirodon spp. (Characiformes: Characidae: Stethaprioninae), including comments on Petitella georgiae and Hemigrammus bleheri

ABSTRACT Neon tetras (Paracheirodon spp.) are three colorful characid species with a complicated taxonomic history, and relationships among the species are poorly known. Molecular data resolved the relationships among the three neon tetras, and strongly supported monophyly of the genus and its sister taxon relationship to Brittanichthys. Additionally, the sister-taxon relationship of the rummy-nose tetras Hemigrammus bleheri and Petitella georgiae was strongly supported by molecular and morphological data. Therefore, we propose to transfer the rummy-nose tetras H. bleheri and H. rhodostomus to the genus Petitella. Furthermore, Petitella georgiae is likely to be a species complex comprised of at least two species.

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The evolutionary history and molecular systematics of the Musteloidea

10.1093/oso/9780198759805.003.0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Klaus-Peter Koepfli ◽

Jerry W. Dragoo ◽

Xiaoming Wang

Keyword(s):

Dna Sequences ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Evolutionary History ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Species Boundaries ◽

Extant Species ◽

Taxonomic History ◽

History Of ◽

A New Species

This chapter provides a review of the evolutionary and taxonomic history of the Musteloidea, which is the most species-rich superfamily of the Carnivora, containing approximately 30% of the extant species in the order. An up-to-date summary of knowledge on the evolutionary and taxonomic history and phylogenetic relationships of the Mephitidae, Ailuridae, Procyonidae and Mustelidae is provided. Multilocus DNA sequences have made a large impact on the understanding of phylogenetic relationships among the Musteloidea. Molecular data have revealed distinct families (Ailuridae and Mephitidae) within the Musteloidea and have illuminated new relationships based on tempo and patterns of evolution within the Procyonidae. Morphological data in conjunction with molecular data have been used to elucidate species boundaries within certain musteloid genera and have led to the discovery of a new species. Research studies published during the last 30 years have enriched and transformed our understanding of the evolution of musteloid biodiversity.

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Generic Delimitations and Relationships of the Cape Genera Capnophyllum, Dasispermum, and Sonderina, the North African Genera Krubera and Stoibrax, and a New Monotypic Genus of the Subfamily Apioideae (Apiaceae)

Systematic Botany ◽

10.1600/036364409789271218 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 580-594 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Anthony R. Magee ◽

Ben-Erik van Wyk ◽

Patricia M. Tilney ◽

Stephen R. Downie

Keyword(s):

Sequence Data ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Data Sets ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

North African ◽

African Species ◽

Dna Sequence Data ◽

The North ◽

Relationship Of

Generic circumscriptions and phylogenetic relationships of the Cape genera Capnophyllum, Dasispermum, and Sonderina are explored through parsimony and Bayesian inference analyses of nrDNA ITS and cpDNA rps16 intron sequences, morphology, and combined molecular and morphological data. The relationship of these genera with the North African genera Krubera and Stoibrax is also assessed. Analyses of both molecular data sets place Capnophyllum, Dasispermum, Sonderina, and the only southern African species of Stoibrax (S. capense) within the newly recognized Lefebvrea clade of tribe Tordylieae. Capnophyllum is strongly supported as monophyletic and is distantly related to Krubera. The monotypic genus Dasispermum and Stoibrax capense are embedded within a paraphyletic Sonderina. This complex is distantly related to the North African species of Stoibrax in tribe Apieae, in which the type species, Stoibrax dichotomum, occurs. Consequently, Dasispermum is expanded to include both Sonderina and Stoibrax capense. New combinations are formalized for Dasispermum capense, D. hispidum, D. humile, and D. tenue. An undescribed species from the Tanqua Karoo in South Africa is also closely related to Capnophyllum and the Dasispermum–Sonderina complex. The genus Scaraboides is described herein to accommodate the new species, S. manningii. This monotypic genus shares the dorsally compressed fruit and involute marginal wings with Capnophyllum, but is easily distinguished by its erect branching habit, green leaves, scabrous umbels, and fruit with indistinct median and lateral ribs, additional solitary vittae in each marginal wing, and parallel, closely spaced commissural vittae. Despite the marked fruit similarities with Capnophyllum, analyses of DNA sequence data place Scaraboides closer to the Dasispermum–Sonderina complex, with which it shares the erect habit, green (nonglaucous) leaves, and scabrous umbels.

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Biatora Britannica sp. Nov. and the Occurrence of Biatora Efflorescens in the British Isles

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1006/lich.2000.0319 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 181-187 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Christian Printzen ◽

H. Thorsten Lumbsch ◽

Alan Orange

Keyword(s):

Its Region ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Sister Taxon ◽

British Isles ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Nuclear Its ◽

Relationship Of

AbstractBiatora Britannica sp. nov is described from Wales. The species is the sorediate sister taxon of the Madeiran Biatora hertelii. The close relationship is supported by the presence of the hymenial pigment Hertelii-green, which is hitherto known only from these two species. Molecular data from the nuclear ITS-region of 14 Bratora¯ species renders further support for the close relationship of both species. Sterile, sorediate material from the British Isles earlier referred to B. efflorescens may in fact belong to B. britannica.

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Revision of Bairdiella (Sciaenidae: Perciformes) from the western South Atlantic, with insights into its diversity and biogeography

Neotropical Ichthyology ◽

10.1590/1982-0224-20180024 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alexandre Pires Marceniuk ◽

Eduardo Garcia Molina ◽

Rodrigo Antunes Caires ◽

Matheus Marcos Rotundo ◽

Wolmar Benjamin Wosiacki ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Species Complex ◽

Atlantic Coast ◽

Geographic Range ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

Taxonomic History ◽

Inshore Waters ◽

A New Species

ABSTRACT The sciaenid genus Bairdiella comprises a group of relatively small fishes found in inshore waters and estuaries of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. Despite recent analyses of the phylogenetic relationships of Bairdiella, there has been no comprehensive revision of the alpha taxonomy of the species of the genus. Bairdiella ronchus from the western Atlantic, has a complex taxonomic history, with four junior synonyms recognized. Based on morphological and molecular evidence, this study indicates that B. ronchus represents a species complex. The species is therefore redescribed and its geographic range is redefined. Bairdiella veraecrucis, which is currently recognized as a junior synonym of B. ronchus, is revalidated, and a new species of the genus is described from the Atlantic coast of Brazil. Finally, inferences are made on the diversity and biogeography of the B. ronchus species complex.

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Phylogenetic relationships among extinct and extant turtles: the position of Pleurodira and the effects of the fossils on rooting crown-group turtles

Contributions to Zoology ◽

10.1163/18759866-07903002 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 79 (3) ◽

pp. 93-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Juliana Sterli

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Sister Group ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Phylogenetic Position ◽

Separate Analysis ◽

Crown Group ◽

Rapid Radiation ◽

Present Contribution ◽

Origin And Evolution

The origin and evolution of the crown-group of turtles (Cryptodira + Pleurodira) is one of the most interesting topics in turtle evolution, second perhaps only to the phylogenetic position of turtles among amniotes. The present contribution focuses on the former problem, exploring the phylogenetic relationships of extant and extinct turtles based on the most comprehensive phylogenetic dataset of morphological and molecular data analyzed to date. Parsimony analyses were conducted for different partitions of data (molecular and morphological) and for the combined dataset. In the present analysis, separate analyses of the molecular data always retrieve Pleurodira allied to Trionychia. Separate analysis of the morphological dataset, by contrast, depicts a more traditional arrangement of taxa, with Pleurodira as the sister group of Cryptodira, being Chelonioidea the most basal cryptodiran clade. The simultaneous analysis of all available data retrieves all major extant clades as monophyletic, except for Cryptodira given that Pleurodira is retrieved as the sister group of Trionychia. The paraphyly of Cryptodira is an unorthodox result, and is mainly caused by the combination of two factors. First, the molecular signal allies Pleurodira and Trionychia. Second, the morphological data with extinct taxa locates the position of the root of crown-group Testudines in the branch leading to Chelonioidea. This study highlights major but poorly explored topics of turtle evolution: the alternate position of Pleurodira and the root of crown turtles. The diversification of crown turtles is characterized by the presence of long external branches and short internal branches (with low support for the internal nodes separating the major clades of crown turtles), suggesting a rapid radiation of this clade. This rapid radiation is also supported by the fossil record, because soon after the appearance of the oldest crown-group turtles (Middle-Late Jurassic of Asia) the number and diversity of turtles increases remarkably. This evolutionary scenario of a rapid diversification of modern turtles into the major modern lineages is likely the reason for the difficulty in determining the interrelationships and the position of the root of crown-group turtles.

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Phylogenetic relationship of some Onobrychis taxa naturally grown in Turkey based on morphology and nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS Sequences

Legume Research - An International Journal ◽

10.18805/lr.v0iof.11184 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Süleyman AVCI ◽

Nilgün Tekin ◽

Cengiz SANCAK ◽

Sebahattin ÖZCAN ◽

Amir Orojpour Marangi

Keyword(s):

Ribosomal Dna ◽

Clustering Analysis ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Its Sequences ◽

Nuclear Ribosomal Dna ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Nrdna Its ◽

Neighbor Joining ◽

Quantitative Characters ◽

Relationship Of

Phylogenetic relationships were studied based on morphology and nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcript spacer (nrDNA ITS) sequences in 49 populations of 36 Onobrychis taxa belonging to 5 sections (Dendobrychis, Lophobrychis, Onobrychis, Heliobrychis and Hymenobrychis) naturally grown in Turkey. The morphological data (46 quantitative characters) were standardized and submitted for PCA analysis before the performance of hierarchical clustering analysis. In addition, a 577-bp region of the nrDNA ITS sequences was compared to generate a dendrogram using the neighbor-joining method. According to the obtained results, the Onobrychis genus is clearly divided into the Onobrychis and Sisyrosema subgenera both molecularly and morphologically; however, in terms of molecular data, while the Onobrychis subgenus showed polyphyletic features, the Sisyrosema subgenus had monophyletic features. Additionally, long-wing taxa belonging to Dendobrychis and Onobrychis and O. crista-galli belonging to Lophobrychis located in the same clade in Onobrychis showed polyphyletic features. This finding was confirmed in terms of long-wing taxa as well as morphology and indicated that these three sections were entangled with each other under the Onobrychis subgenus.

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Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Malagasy pseudoxyrhophiine snake genera Geodipsas and Compsophis based on morphological and molecular data

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1517.1.2 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1517 (1) ◽

pp. 53-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

FRANK GLAW ◽

ZOLTÁN T. NAGY ◽

MIGUEL VENCES

Keyword(s):

Dna Sequences ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Close Relationships ◽

Original Description ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Species Groups ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data

Based on a specimen found at Montagne d'Ambre in northern Madagascar morphologically agreeing with Compsophis albiventris Mocquard, 1894, we report on the rediscovery of this enigmatic snake genus and species and its molecular phylogenetic relationships. Compsophis albiventris, considered to be the only representative of its genus and unreported since its original description, bears strong morphological similarities to species of Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896. A molecular phylogeny based on DNA sequences of three mitochondrial and nuclear genes (complete cytochrome b, fragments of 16S rRNA and c-mos) in Compsophis albiventris and three Geodipsas species corroborated close relationships between C. albiventris and Geodipsas boulengeri, and showed that the genera Compsophis and Geodipsas together form a monophyletic unit. Despite the general similarities, morphological data and chromatic features support the existence of two species groups, corresponding to Compsophis and Geodipsas. We consequently consider Geodipsas as a subgenus of Compsophis and transfer all species currently in Geodipsas into the genus Compsophis.

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Molecular data supports the inclusion of Ildobates neboti Español in Zuphiini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalinae)

Entomologica Fennica ◽

10.33338/ef.84332 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ignacio Ribera ◽

Sergio Montagud ◽

Santiago Teruel ◽

Xavier Bellés

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

18S Rrna ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Nuclear Genes ◽

Posterior Probabilities ◽

Data Set ◽

Morphological Criteria ◽

Relationship Of

The phylogenetic relationships of Ildobates neboti Español (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalinae) were investigated based on three nuclear genes (full 18S rRNA, and a fragment of each 28S rRNAand wingless).We compiled a data set using published sequences of 32 members of Harpalinae including one example each of Dryptini (genus Desera), Galeritini (Galerita) and Zuphiini (Thalpius), plus three Brachininae as outgroups. These three tribes form the “Dryptitae”, within which various relationships of Ildobates had been proposed. The analyses of the datamatrix using parsimony (with equally weighted and reweighted characters) and Bayesian posterior probabilities all support the monophyly of the three tribes in “Dryptitae”, as well as a closest relationship of Ildobates with Thalpius to the exclusion of Desera plus Galerita. This confirms the previous inclusion of Ildobates among the Zuphiini, and corroborates current taxonomic classifications based on morphological criteria.

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The tribe Scrophularieae (Scrophulariaceae): A Review of Phylogenetic Studies

Hacquetia ◽

10.2478/hacq-2019-0003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 337-347 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mehrshid Riahi ◽

Farrokh Ghahremaninejad

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Hybrid Speciation ◽

The North ◽

Phylogenetic Studies ◽

Phylogenetic Reconstructions ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

History Of ◽

Review Reports

Abstract Molecular data have been increasingly used to study the phylogenetic relationships among many taxa, including scrophs. Sometimes they have provided phylogenetic reconstructions that are in conflict with morphological data leading to a re-evaluation of long-standing evolutionary hypotheses. In this paper, we review reports of the recent knowledge of the phylogenetic relationships within Scrophularieae (2011–2017). The results of these analyses led to the following conclusions. (1) Species of Scrophularia have undergone one or more Miocene migration events occurred from eastern Asia to the North America with subsequent long dispersal and diversification in three main directions. (2) Allopolyploid and aneuploid hybrid speciation between Scrophularia species can occur, so hybridization and polyploidy have an important role for history of diversification. (3) The ancestral staminode type for the genus Scrophularia seems to be a large staminode. (4) Monophyly of the genus Verbascum with respect to the genus Scrophularia is strongly supported. (5) Oreosolen, is not monophyletic, because all accessions of Oreosolen were nested within Scrophularia. We discuss methods of data collection and analysis, and we describe the areas of conflict and agreement between molecular phylogenies.

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The systematics and biology of Cotesia nonagriae (Olliff) stat. rev. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), a newly recognized member of the Cotesia flavipes species complex

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.3 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1846 (1) ◽

pp. 35 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

KATE MUIRHEAD ◽

ANDREW AUSTIN ◽

MOHAMED SALLAM

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Life History ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Species Complex ◽

Life History Traits ◽

Cotesia Flavipes ◽

Taxonomic Study ◽

Australian Species ◽

Taxonomic History ◽

Biological Differences

The Australian species Cotesia nonagriae Olliff stat. rev. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is redescribed and formally removed from synonymy with C. flavipes based on molecular, morphological and biological differences. The taxonomic history and phylogenetic relationships of C. nonagriae with other members of the C. flavipes complex are presented and underscore the importance of molecular-based identification within this group. The biology of C. nonagriae on the native noctuid stemborer host, Bathytricha truncata (Walker), is compared with previously recorded C. flavipes life history traits. The implications of this taxonomic study relative to biological control and importation of stemborer parasitoids into Australia are discussed.

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