Biogeography and radiation of the land snail genus <i>Xerocrassa</i> (Geomitridae) in the Balearic Islands

Chueca, Luis J.; Gómez‐Moliner, Benjamín J.; Forés, Maximino; Madeira, María José

doi:10.1111/jbi.12923

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“…The relationships of these two species are, however, uncertain, as the sister relationship with the Ibero‐Provençal D. berthae ‐ D. raymondi clade in the ML and uncalibrated BEAST analyses was poorly supported and not recovered in the calibrated BEAST analysis. In any case, the estimated age of the Mallorcan lineage is clearly posterior to the tectonic separation of the Balearic Islands from continental Spain during the Oligocene, and more compatible with a Messinian origin as suggested for other terrestrial and low dispersers groups (Chueca, Gómez‐Moliner, Forés, & Madeira, ). The separation between the two Mallorcan species was estimated to be of Pleistocene origin, which would imply that D .…”

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Tectonic vicariance versus Messinian dispersal in western Mediterranean ground beetles

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Casale

Hernando³

et al. 2018

Zoologica Scripta

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The complex geological history of the western Mediterranean region conceals the interpretation of the evolutionary history of its current fauna, as similar distribution patterns may have very different temporal and geographic origins. Particularly intriguing are some subterranean species in islands, which origin is usually difficult to interpret as their strongly modified morphologies obscure their relationships. We studied subterranean taxa and their likely relatives of two groups of ground beetles in the western Mediterranean: the Duvalius lineage (“isotopic” Trechini) and Molopina (Pterostichini). We included specimens from the islands of Mallorca, Sardinia and Sicily, plus mainland Europe and North Africa. Phylogenetic relationships were reconstructed with a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear data, and divergence dates were estimated with Bayesian methods using the same a priori molecular evolutionary rates for the same gene fragments in the two groups. In the Duvalius lineage, the subgenus Trechopsis, including all the highly modified cave or nivicolous species, was found to be polyphyletic: the species from Mallorca was found to be of Pleistocene origin and sister to the less modified species of subgenus Duvalius from the same island, whereas the Algerian species of Trechopsis were, on the contrary, related to the Sicilian Duvalius, indicating a northern colonisation route during the late Pliocene. Molopina was divided into three main lineages: the genera Abax, Percus, and the Molops groups of genera. The basal diversification of the latter was dated within a temporal window (35–25 Ma) fully congruent with the tectonic opening of the western Mediterranean basin and included six main lineages with uncertain relationships among them: the epigean genera (a) Molops and (b) Tanythrix; and the subterranean (c) Typhlochoromus (Eastern Alps), (d) Speomolops (Sardinia), (e) Henrotius (Mallorca) and (f) a strongly supported clade including the Pyrenean genera Zariquieya, Oscadytes and Molopidius. Despite the similar distribution of some of their subterranean taxa, the two studied groups show a strongly contrasting origin and mode of diversification. While the Duvalius lineage had a recent origin, with complex colonisation patterns and widespread morphological convergence among the subterranean species, the subterranean Molopina had an ancient vicariant origin resulting from the tectonic opening of the western Mediterranean basin.

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Tectonic vicariance versus Messinian dispersal in western Mediterranean ground beetles

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Casale

Hernando³

et al. 2018

Zoologica Scripta

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“…Specifically, the pattern observed within Pimelia in the Iberian Peninsula could be the result of vicariant events that occurred in and across the Iberian, Betic‐Rifean and Kabylia regions, and the Alboran Basin (e.g. Kabylia collision with Africa, Betic/Rif tectonic uplift massif which limited the connection between the Mediterranean and Atlantic basins progressively during the Middle to Late Miocene; the subsequent re‐flooding of the Mediterranean following the Messinian Salinity Crisis; and the erosional activity of the Atlantic flow during the Late Miocene) (Chueca et al ., ; Opatova et al ., ; García‐Vázquez et al ., ; Chueca et al ., ; Bidegaray‐Batista et al ., ). In the Late Pliocene, a west–east uplift of the Iberian Peninsula led the emergence of beach sediments along many of the Iberian coasts and the beginning of the erosion of the central vast ‘raña’ deposits.…”

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Recurrent diversification patterns and taxonomic complexity in morphologically conservative ancient lineages of Pimelia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

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Buckley

Ruiz³

et al. 2018

Systematic Entomology

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The genus Pimelia Fabricius is the most speciose in the tribe Pimeliini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). It consists of approximately 320 species distributed mainly in xeric environments in the western Palaearctic region and northern deserts in the Afrotropical region. Pimelia is a very heterogenous group despite its conserved morphology. Based on two mitochondrial (cox1 and 16S) and five nuclear markers (ITS1, ITS2, 18S, Wg and H3), we carried out a phylogenetic and biogeographic study to: (i) provide a comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis for the relationships within Pimelia; (ii) re‐evaluate the taxonomic status and organization of clades (subgenera) within the genus; and (iii) establish a temporal framework and historical scenario for the evolution and diversification of Pimelia in the western Mediterranean Region. Pimelia presents a high degree of morphological conservatism and possibly stasis, often resulting in complexes of cryptic species. Repetitive patterns of variation are found recurrently between and within groups, which resulted in a conundrum of nonmonophyletic taxonomic assemblages based on morphological homoplastic characters. Based on our results, we propose a new taxonomic arrangement for Pimelia with 14 clades, treated as subgenera, with the description of six new subgenera: Iberomelia subgen.n., Italomelia subgen.n., Magrebmelia subgen.n., Hispanomelia subgen.n., Massadraamelia subgen.n. and Amblypteraca subgen.n. Our results also indicate an Oligocene (Rupelian) origin for Pimelia, and North Africa as the most likely area of origin. The complex geological and climatic history in the western Mediterranean region has shaped the distribution and diversity of species in the area. The current faunal assemblages observed in Pimelia are the result of complex patterns of recurrent processes of dispersal and vicariance, including in situ diversification through time in different areas of the Mediterranean basin. Pimelia is a fascinating yet very challenging group, and the phylogenetic and systematic framework developed here will pave the way for further ecological, taxonomic, and evolutionary studies at local and regional scales. This published work has been registered in ZooBank, http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DCA003F7-85F4-4803-A859-5738C6473151.

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“…Indeed, to date numerous studies have extensively assumed the end of the MSC as the main vicariant cause of species divergence across the Strait and many sea channels across the Mediterranean (e.g. Brown et al., ; Chueca, Gómez‐Moliner, Forés, & Madeira, ; Prüser & Mossakowski, ) and used this timing point in phylogenies to calibrate rates of molecular divergence and speciation. However, this and other recent studies (references listed in Hewitt, ) demonstrate that the assumption of such a “vicariance‐mediated allopatry” model may not be justified in many cases and a “dispersal‐mediated allopatry” model of speciation fits most of the available data significantly better.…”

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Biogeographical crossroad across the Pillars of Hercules: Evolutionary history of Psammodromus lizards in space and time

Mendes

Harris

Carranza

et al. 2017

Journal of Biogeography

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Aim To infer the biogeographical and evolutionary history of the Western Mediterranean Psammodromus lizards with the aim of assessing the role of vicariance and dispersal on the cladogenetic events within the palaeogeological dynamics of the Strait of Gibraltar. Location North Africa and Western Europe. Methods We built a dataset including all six species of Psammodromus using mitochondrial (12S, cytb, nd4) and nuclear (acm4, mc1r, pomc) gene fragments. Species tree and concatenation methods were used to infer phylogenetic relationships and divergence times. Phylogenies were used for biogeographical inference using S‐DIVA, DEC and BBM. Results Psammodromus probably originated in Iberia, with P. algirus diverging early. The ancestor of the African P. blanci and P. microdactylus dispersed to Africa through the Betic‐Rif massif, c. 10 Ma. The cladogenetic events within Africa and Iberia were probably due to vicariance mediated by habitat and climatic changes at the end of the Miocene (P. blanci and P. microdactylus) and during the Pliocene (P. occidentalis, P. hispanicus and P. edwardsianus). Psammodromus algirus shows three lineages, two in Iberia and one in Africa, the latter originated following a transmarine dispersal during the Middle Pleistocene (1.5 Ma). Main conclusions Over‐sea dispersal has played a major role in intercontinental exchange and divergence in Psammodromus, with two dispersal events towards Africa that occurred 10 and 1.5 Ma resulting in the African lineages. This study, combined with previous literature, provides compelling evidence that major biotic exchanges took place across the Strait of Gibraltar well before or long after the land connection during the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC, 5.9–5.33 Ma). These findings suggest caution in the application of the relatively short event of Atlantic flooding at the end of the MSC as cause for divergence in molecular clock calibrations, which is a popular approach in literature.

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Biogeography and radiation of the land snail genus Xerocrassa (Geomitridae) in the Balearic Islands

Cited by 21 publications

References 63 publications

Tectonic vicariance versus Messinian dispersal in western Mediterranean ground beetles

Tectonic vicariance versus Messinian dispersal in western Mediterranean ground beetles

Recurrent diversification patterns and taxonomic complexity in morphologically conservative ancient lineages of Pimelia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Biogeographical crossroad across the Pillars of Hercules: Evolutionary history of Psammodromus lizards in space and time

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