New species of Ancistrocerus (Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the Neotropics with a checklist and key to all species south of the Rio Grande

Piekarski, Patrick K; Carpenter, James M.; Sharanowski, Barbara J.

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“…The genus Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836 contains 117 described species worldwide (Piekarski et al, 2017; You et al, 2013). The distribution range is mainly Holarctic, with a number of species occurring in Ethiopian, Oriental, and Neotropical regions (Carpenter & Genaro, 2011; Girish Kumar et al, 2019; Yamane & Gusenleitner, 1993).…”

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Ancistroceruswasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from the Centre of Europe: Phylogeny, cryptic species, neutral and non‐neutral markers

Budrys,

Orlovskytė,

Lazauskaitė

et al. 2023

Zoologica Scripta

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The aim of the study was to clarify the phylogenetic relationships among Northern European Ancistrocerus and comparison of the applicability of evolutionarily neutral and non‐neutral markers for reconstruction of phylogeny. We used a 19,400 bp long dataset that included parts of mitochondrial DNA, nuclear rDNA operon, and 10 nuclear protein‐coding genes. Application of molecular barcoding and species delimitation algorithms unveiled a presence of cryptic species, A. balticus sp. n., in the trap‐nesting wasp communities of the centre of Europe. We assessed the morphological, biological, and ecological differences of it from the sibling A. trifasciatus and updated the regional identification key. Phylogeny reconstruction using the neutral and the presumably non‐neutral markers resulted in different tree topologies. Evolutionary congruence of the rDNA operon with the other markers was relatively low. Evolutionary rate of the mitochondrial genes was 7–8 times as high as that of the exons of the nuclear genes, therefore, the mitochondrial markers overshadowed the nuclear ones in the phylogeny reconstructions. We assumed that at the speciation level, we might consider two different patterns of phylogeny: one based on evolutionary time and neutral changes, and the other based on adaptive evolutionary pathways under directional selection pressures. We assessed the effect of directional selection on the nuclear protein‐coding genes, applying the Spearman's rank correlation between pairwise phylogenetic distances among species, estimated using exons, and these distances, estimated using introns. One of these markers demonstrated a lack of positive correlation, implying a variable directional selection pressure on the coded protein. The publication has been registered on ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:13BD28D0‐736D‐4B2A‐B5CF‐4824BD4CDCFB.

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Ancistroceruswasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from the Centre of Europe: Phylogeny, cryptic species, neutral and non‐neutral markers

Budrys,

Orlovskytė,

Lazauskaitė

et al. 2023

Zoologica Scripta

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“…Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836, is one of the largest genera of the eumenine wasps. With 116 described species, this genus is native to most zoogeographical regions except the Australian (Piekarski et al, 2017). Females of these wasps usually nest in preexisting cavities while some Palaearctic and Nearctic representatives of the genus, such as A. albophaleratus (de Saussure, 1855), A. catskill (de Saussure, 1852), A. densepilosellus Cameron, 1911, A. japonicus (von Schulthess, 1908), A. lutonidus Bohart, 1974, A. oviventris (Wesmael, 1836), and A. waldenii (Viereck, 1906), are known to construct aerial mud nests attached to stones (Iwata, 1938; Buck et al, 2008; Olszewski and Fateryga, 2023).…”

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Ancistrocerus capra (De Saussure, 1857), a Valid Species, Not a Synonym of A. antilope (Panzer, 1798) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Fateryga,

Carpenter,

Fateryga

2023

American Museum Novitates

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Ancistrocerus capra was described by de Saussure in 1857 from North America and then was synonymized with the Palaearctic A. antilope (Panzer, 1798) by Bequaert in 1944. Although these species share a combination of two characters (impunctate and shining metapleuron and lateral surface of the propodeum and a bifurcate apex of the aedeagus) not known in other species of Ancistrocerus, they are clearly different in the structure of the clypeus (especially in the male) and the male genitalia (structure of the volsella, general shape of the aedeagus, and the structure of its ventral lobe). Thus, A. capra is again recognized as a distinct species in the present contribution. This species is distributed in the United States and Canada while A. antilope has a trans-Palaearctic distribution. Two subspecies of A. antilope known from North America are synonymized with A. capra: A. antilope navajo Bequaert, 1925 (new synonymy), and A. antilope allegrus Bequaert, 1944 (new synonymy); the taxonomic status of A. capra spenceri Bequaert, 1944, remains unclear. Bionomics of A. antilope and A. capra are similar; particularly, these species share an association with apparently the same species of symbiotic mites, Kennethiella trisetosa (Cooreman, 1942) (Sarcoptiformes: Winterschmidtiidae), and an unusual mating behavior correlated with this association (first of all, several copulations per pair). A difference, however, exists in the number of generations per year and the sex ratio: A. antilope has a single (overwintering) generation with a female-biased sex ratio while A. capra has an overwintering generation with a male-biased sex ratio and a summer one with a female-biased sex ratio.

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Nesting Biology of the Potter Wasp Ancistrocerus flavomarginatus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) Revealed by Trap-Nest Experiments in Southern Brazil

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New species of Ancistrocerus (Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the Neotropics with a checklist and key to all species south of the Rio Grande

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Ancistroceruswasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from the Centre of Europe: Phylogeny, cryptic species, neutral and non‐neutral markers

Ancistroceruswasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from the Centre of Europe: Phylogeny, cryptic species, neutral and non‐neutral markers

Ancistrocerus capra (De Saussure, 1857), a Valid Species, Not a Synonym of A. antilope (Panzer, 1798) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Nesting Biology of the Potter Wasp Ancistrocerus flavomarginatus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) Revealed by Trap-Nest Experiments in Southern Brazil

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