Molecular and morphological recognition of species boundaries in the neglected ant genus Brachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): toward a taxonomic revision

Ortiz-Sepulveda, Claudia M; Bocxlaer, Bert Van; Meneses, Andrés D.; Fernández, Fernando

doi:10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2

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“…The specimens were processed at the Laboratory of Ant Systematics and Biology of the Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil. Identification to genus was accomplished with the help of the Guide for Ant Genera of Brazil (Baccaro et al, 2015) and for species we used the bibliographies recommended for each genus in this same Guide Kempf, 1951Kempf, , 1973Kugler, 1994;LaPolla & Fisher, 2005;Longino, 2003;Ortiz-Sepulveda et al, 2019;Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014;Watkins, 1976). Vouchers were deposited in the Padre Jesus Santiago Moure Entomological Collection of the Universidade Federal do Paraná (DZUP), Curitiba, Brazil.…”

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First survey of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Piauí: filling a major knowledge gap about ant diversity in Brazil

Jory

Feitosa

2020

Pap. Avulsos Zool.

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Piauí, a Brazilian Northeast state, has been considered one of the most important regions for the presence of new taxa in ants globally, especially considering the ecosystems’ diversity formed by the transition of the three biomes in the state, the Cerrado, Caatinga and the Atlantic Forest. Despite the recent increase in studies of ant diversity in the Neotropical region, Piauí still represents a major knowledge gap regarding its ant fauna. Therefore, this study aimed to increase the knowledge about the ant fauna of the state by generating a list of species with data obtained from the literature, online repositories and collection expeditions to the Serra da Capivara and Serra das Confusões National Parks. A total of 152 species in 52 genera and nine subfamilies were registered from 24 localities in Piauí. Fifty-eight out the 152 species recorded represent new records for the state, eight are new records for the Brazilian Northeast Region, and one consists of a new record for the country. Eleven species are here recognized as new for science. Considering the field expeditions carried out here, this work represents the first standardized study for the ant fauna of Piauí. The species list presented considerably exceeds the current number of species registered for the state so far. From the present 48 records, the number of species for Piauí raises to more than 150 with a tendency to increase with the accomplishment of future field endeavors and advances in the study of the local ants.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

First survey of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Piauí: filling a major knowledge gap about ant diversity in Brazil

Jory

Feitosa

2020

Pap. Avulsos Zool.

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“…This species resembles B. obscurior and B. patagonicus but differs from the former by having a denser pubescence on the gaster and from the latter by its larger head, more ommatidia along the maximal diameter of the eye and lighter-coloured pubescence. The latter feature is denser on the dorsum of the entire body and appressed on the gaster instead of decumbent in B. obscurior (Ortiz-Sepulveda et al, 2019).…”

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“…Specimens were identified morphologically and by DNA barcoding, as the morphological taxonomy of some genera is unclear or complex, such as Brachymyrmex (Ortiz-Sepulveda, Bocxlaer, Meneses, & Fernández, 2019), Pheidole (Sarnat, Fischer, Guénard, & Economo, 2015), Tapinoma (Seifert, D'Eustacchio, Kaufmann, Centorame, & Modica, 2017) and Technomyrmex (Bolton, 2007).…”

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“…Brachymyrmex cordemoyi is native to the Neotropical region and has been introduced in parts of the Afrotropical, Australasian and Palaearctic regions (Guénard et al, 2017;Husemann & Ortiz-Sepulveda, 2019;Ortiz-Sepulveda et al, 2019). Only two populations have been detected on Tenerife and one on Gran Canaria (Figure 1 and Table S1).…”

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Six new non‐native ants (Formicidae) in the Canary Islands and their possible impacts

Hernández-Teixidor

Pérez‐Delgado

Suárez

et al. 2020

J Applied Entomology

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“…In addition, the development of molecular technology has brought new ideas to the study of species. Increasing evidence demonstrates the importance of considering both morphological and genetic variation in studies of population structure and species differentiation [8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. differentiation in gypsy moths in China, we used more comprehensive sample collection, including collection of subspecies found in other regions (L. d. dispar and L. d. japonica), combined with nuclear genetic analyses and morphological evaluations of male genitalia, to explore gypsy moth diversity.…”

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Microsatellite and Morphological Analyses Reveal Unexpected Diversity in Lymantria dispar in China

Zuo

Kurenshchikov²,

et al. 2019

Forests

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The gyspy moth Lymantria dispar Linnaeus, a widely distributed leaf-eating pest, is considered geographically isolated in the world, with two Asian gypsy moth subspecies, Lymantria dispar asiatica and Lymantria dispar japonica. In China, only one subspecies, L. d. asiatica, has been observed. In this study, we characterized gypsy moth diversity and divergence using 427 samples covering a wide range of the species distribution, with a focus on sampling along a latitudinal gradient in China. We combine the quantitative analysis of male genitalia and the genetic diversity analysis of nine microsatellite loci of nuclear genes nuclear genes to study the structure of gypsy moth individuals in 23 locations in the world and the male genitalia of gypsy moths in some areas. In mixed ancestry model-based clustering analyses based on nuclear simple sequence repeats, gypsy moths were divided into three well-known subspecies, a unique North American cluster, and a southern Chinese cluster with differentiation between the Asian gypsy moth and European gypsy moth. We also found individuals identified as European gypsy moths in two distant regions in China. The results of a quantitative analysis of male genitalia characteristics were consistent with an analysis of genetic structure and revealed the differentiation of gypsy moths in southern China and of hybrids suspected to be associated with L. d. japonica in the Russian Far East. Admixture in gypsy moths can be explained by many factors such as human transport. In China, we detected European gypsy moths, and found unexpectedly high genetic diversity within populations across a wide range of latitudes.

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Molecular and morphological recognition of species boundaries in the neglected ant genus Brachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): toward a taxonomic revision

Cited by 28 publications

References 47 publications

First survey of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Piauí: filling a major knowledge gap about ant diversity in Brazil

First survey of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Piauí: filling a major knowledge gap about ant diversity in Brazil

Six new non‐native ants (Formicidae) in the Canary Islands and their possible impacts

Microsatellite and Morphological Analyses Reveal Unexpected Diversity in Lymantria dispar in China

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