Biogeography and Evolution of New Zealand Priasilphidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

Leschen, Richard A. B.; Michaux, Bernard

doi:10.1080/00779962.2005.9722686

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“…The vast majority of suitable habitat during the LGM was predicted in areas that are currently submerged, as has been previously suggested for other taxa (e.g. Leschen & Michaux, 2005).…”

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Phylogeography and ecological niche modelling of the New Zealand stick insect Clitarchus hookeri (White) support survival in multiple coastal refugia

Buckley¹,

Marske²,

Attanayake³

2010

Journal of Biogeography

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Aim Increasing our understanding of the effects of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and determining the location of refugia requires studies on widely distributed species with dense sampling of populations. We have reconstructed the biogeographic history of Clitarchus hookeri (White), a widespread species of New Zealand stick insect that exhibits geographic parthenogenesis, using phylogeographic analysis and ecological niche modelling. Location New Zealand. Methods We used DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships among haplotypes from C. hookeri and two undescribed Clitarchus species. We also used distribution data from our own field surveys and museum records to reconstruct the geographic distribution of C. hookeri during the present and the LGM, using ecological niche modelling. Results The ecological niche models showed that the geographic distribution of C. hookeri has expanded dramatically since the LGM. Our model predicted large areas of suitable LGM habitat in upper North Island, and small patches along the east coast of South Island. The phylogeographic analysis shows that populations in the northern half of North Island contain much higher levels of genetic variation than those from southern North Island and South Island, and is congruent with the ecological niche model. The distribution of bisexual populations is also non‐random, with males completely absent from South Island and very rare in southern North Island. Main conclusions During the LGM C. hookeri was most likely restricted to several refugia in upper North Island and one or more smaller refugia along the east coast of South Island. The unisexual populations predominate in post‐glacial landscapes and are clearly favoured in the recolonization of such areas. Our study exemplifies the utility of integrating ecological niche modelling and phylogeographic analysis.

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“…The vast majority of suitable habitat during the LGM was predicted in areas that are currently submerged, as has been previously suggested for other taxa (e.g. Leschen & Michaux, 2005).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 65%

Phylogeography and ecological niche modelling of the New Zealand stick insect Clitarchus hookeri (White) support survival in multiple coastal refugia

Buckley¹,

Marske²,

Attanayake³

2010

Journal of Biogeography

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“…For the complex of Anillina with grooved elytra, as for taxa of Gondwanan origin, it is unusual that none of the genera have been recorded from Africa, India, or South America. In general features, the modern distribution of group resembles the classic cladogram of the southern Gondwanan distribution pattern: ((Africa) (Madagascar (New Zealand (South America, Australia)))), first discussed by Brundin for Chironomidae (1966) and later documented for many other groups of animals and plants (e.g., Hoare & Dugdale 2003;Leschen & Michaux 2005;Cranston et al 2010;Krosch et al 2011;Liebherr et al 2011;Seago & Leschen 2011). At the same time, the absence this group of Anillina from Africa and South America is unexpected and could be explained either by subsequent extinction or, perhaps more likely, because of inadequate sampling.…”

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Review of the species of Pelodiaetodes Moore (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini: Anillina) of New Zealand

Sokolov¹

2015

Zootaxa

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Four new species of the formerly monotypic genus Pelodiaetodes are described from New Zealand. Three of them: P. constricticollis, sp. n., P. moorei, sp. n., and P. aldermensis, sp. n., occurring on the North Island, are morphologically similar to the type species, P. prominens Moore. The fourth species, P. nunni, sp. n., occurring on the South Island, is morphologically distinct from the nominotypical species group. A new subgenus, Monosetodes, subgen.n., is proposed to accommodate P. nunni within Pelodiaetodes. Redescriptions of the genus and the type species are given based on new morphological data, and a taxonomic key as well as a distribution map for all known species are provided. Some biogeographical aspects of the evolutionary history of Pelodiaetodes and its morphological relatives from Madagascar, Australia and New Zealand are discussed.

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“…Parsimony analyses of the morphology and morphology + molecular trees indicate that S. cirrhopogon is sister taxon to the remaining species (Figs B). This is of interest because two other studies of beetles reveal southern ancestry (Priasilphidae, Leschen & Michaux, ; Hydrophilidae, Fikáček et al ., ), although the pattern is different in the Bayesian trees (Figs A). All analyses reconstruct S. melanopogon (Mount Dewar), S. defectus (Buckland Peaks) and S. carinatus (Victoria Range) together, with the two Paparoa Range species sometimes occurring together (a restricted parsimony analysis of the alpine species rooted with S. marginatus reconstructs S. defectus as sister to the remaining two species).…”

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Revision and phylogeny of Syrphetodes (Coleoptera: Ulodidae): implications for biogeography, alpinization and conservation

Leschen

Buckley

2014

Systematic Entomology

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The genus Syrphetodes Broun is revised to include a total of 13 species. Most of the species are restricted in their distributions, are rarely collected and have been attributed conservation status in New Zealand. Eleven species are described as new: three from Northland (S. relictus sp.n., Te Paki; S. insularis sp.n., Three Kings Islands; S. magnus sp.n., Hokianga), one from the central North Island (S. obtusus sp.n.), one from Central Otago (S. nunni sp.n., Waikaia Bush), and seven from the southern Alps (S. cirrhopogon sp.n., Aspiring National Park; S. occiduus sp.n., Westland; S. melanopogon sp.n., Mt Dewar, Paparoa Range; S. defectus sp.n., northern Paparoa Range; S. marrisi sp.n., Mt Domett, Northwest Nelson; S. carinatus sp.n., Victoria Range). Eleven synonymies are proposed: S. crenatus Broun (= S. dorsalis Broun, syn.n.), S. marginatus Pascoe (= S. bullatus Sharp, syn.n.; S. sylvius Broun, syn.n.; S. cordipennis Broun, syn.n.; S. punctatus Broun, syn.n.; S. simplex Broun, syn.n.; S. nodosalis Broun, syn.n.; S. truncatus Broun, syn.n.; S. variegatus Broun, syn.n.; S. pensus Broun, syn.n.; S. thoracicus Broun, syn.n.). The phylogenetic relationships among the species were reconstructed using morphological (25 adult characters) and DNA sequence (nuclear 28S rDNA and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) data. A morphological analysis rooted with Trachyderastes resulted in a split between lowland and high-altitude species and a well-supported group from Northland. Molecular trees rooted with representatives of Trachyderastes Kaszab (New Caledonia), Meryx Latrielle (Australia), Ulodes Erichson (Australia) and three New Zealand genera (Arthopus Sharp, Brouniphylax Strand, Exohadrus Broun) resulted in the following tree: ((Ulodes, Brouniphylax) (Exohadrus, Arthopus)) (Syrphetodes (Meryx, Trachyderastes)). Species relationships within Syrphetodes included a strongly supported northern North Island clade and an alpine clade either as sister taxon to S. crenatus and S. marginatus or sister remaining lowland lineages. Combined phylogenetic analyses also showed paritial congruence with separate partitions. The distributions of the lowland species, in particular those from the North Island, correspond to islands that existed in the Pliocene. The alpine, black-coloured lineage, found above the treeline, is monophyletic based on several characters (e.g. lack of abdominal flanges and reduced scalation) and, in some reconstructions, the tan-coloured S. cirrhopogon is sister taxon to the remaining black-coloured species.This published work has been registered in ZooBank, http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid: zoobank.org:pub

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Biogeography and Evolution of New Zealand Priasilphidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

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References 25 publications

Phylogeography and ecological niche modelling of the New Zealand stick insect Clitarchus hookeri (White) support survival in multiple coastal refugia

Phylogeography and ecological niche modelling of the New Zealand stick insect Clitarchus hookeri (White) support survival in multiple coastal refugia

Review of the species of Pelodiaetodes Moore (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini: Anillina) of New Zealand

Revision and phylogeny of Syrphetodes (Coleoptera: Ulodidae): implications for biogeography, alpinization and conservation

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