Phylogenetic evaluation of the taxonomic status of Timandra griseata and T. comae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae)

Viidalepp, Jaan; Saarma, Urmas

doi:10.14411/eje.2005.085

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“…Genomic DNA was extracted using High Pure PCR Template Preparation Kit (Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany). For most of the specimens, DNA was extracted from two to three anterior segments of the abdomen (see Õunap et al , ), or from full abdomens retaining the genitalia intact (see Knölke et al , ). However, in a limited number of cases only two or three legs were available for extraction.…”

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Phylogeny of the subfamilyLarentiinae (Lepidoptera:Geometridae): integrating molecular data and traditional classifications

Õunap

Viidalepp

Truuverk

2016

Systematic Entomology

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Larentiinae are the second largest subfamily of Geometridae, with more than 6200 described species. Despite recent advances in molecular systematics of geometrid moths, phylogenetic relationships between the numerous subgroups of Larentiinae are poorly known. In this study we present the most comprehensive attempt to date to resolve the phylogeny of Larentiinae, having sampled at least one species from all currently recognized 23 tribes. Fragments of one mitochondrial (COI) and eight nuclear (EF‐1α, WGL, GAPDH, RPS5, IDH, MDH, CAD and 28S) genes were sequenced, for a total of 6939 bp. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses resulted in identical well‐resolved phylogenetic trees, which had maximum or near‐maximum support values at most nodes. Almost all conventionally recognized tribes represented by more than one genus were found to be monophyletic. Close to the root of Larentiinae, six tribes branch off the main lineage one after another, with Dyspteridini being sister to all other members of the subfamily. The rest of larentiines are divided into two very diverse lineages, comprising eight and at least ten tribes, respectively. There were just three findings incongruent with the conventional tribal subdivision of the subfamily. First, the genera Collix Guenée and Anticollix Prout formed a separate, previously unrecognized but well‐supported clade at the tribe level. Second, the Palaearctic genus Pelurga Hübner was placed apart from Larentia Treitschke and Mesoleuca Hübner, which were the other members of Larentiini in this analysis. Third, Cataclysmini appeared together with genera belonging to Xanthorhoini, leaving the latter paraphyletic. The Neotropic genus Oligopleura Herrich‐Schäffer is shown to belong to the tribe Euphyiini (comb.n.) according to both molecular data and male genital morphology. The results and the tribal classification of Larentiinae are discussed with reference to the principal publications since the end of the 19th Century. We conclude that the current tribal classification of Larentiinae is not controversial from the phylogenetic point of view and that its increasing complexity has merely reflected the accumulation of information, mainly through different methods of biosystematic study having become available for researchers. Our results indicate that diurnal lifestyle, accompanied by conspicuous coloration, has evolved independently in several subgroups of Larentiinae.

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Phylogeny of the subfamilyLarentiinae (Lepidoptera:Geometridae): integrating molecular data and traditional classifications

Õunap

Viidalepp

Truuverk

2016

Systematic Entomology

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“…The whole genomic DNA was extracted from the anterior segments of the abdomens as described in Õunap et al . (2005).…”

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Systematic position of Lythriini revised: transferred from Larentiinae to Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)

Viidalepp¹,

Saarma²

2008

Zoologica Scripta

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Systematic position of Lythriini revised: transferred from Larentiinae to Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). -Zoologica Scripta, 37 , 405-413. The tribe Lythriini is a small group of diurnally active geometrid moths consisting of a single Palaearctic genus Lythria with five species. The systematic placement of Lythriini has remained controversial: though traditionally it has been placed into the subfamily Larentiinae, a number of morphological characters link this tribe with the subfamily Sterrhinae. A molecular phylogenetic study was conducted to verify the systematic position of Lythriini, using sequences of both mitochondrial and nuclear genes: elongation factor 1 α ( EF-1 α ), wingless ( wgl ), 28S rRNA expansion segment D2 ( 28S D2 ), cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 ( COI ) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 ( ND1 ) (a total of 3784 bp). Phylogenetic analysis reliably demonstrated that Lythriini belong to the subfamily Sterrhinae. Therefore, we propose to remove tribe Lythriini from Larentiinae and unite it with Sterrhinae. Moreover, our analysis supports the monophyly of both Sterrhinae and Larentiinae. However, although both morphological data and interspecific genetic distances insinuated that Lythria cruentaria and L. sanguinaria are sister species, the latter formed a clade of sister taxa together with L. purpuraria .

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“…Meanwhile, new species within the group are continuously being described (Niehuis, 2000;Tarbinsky, 2000;Strumia and Yildirim, 2008;Soon, 2010). Since morphological approaches have resulted in inconsistent treatment of many taxa in this group, we used molecular phylogenetic analysis, which has proven to be especially successful for resolving relationships between cryptic species (Heidemaa et al, 2004;Õunap et al, 2005). A better understanding of the C. ignita species group phylogeny is essential for an improved classification of cuckoo wasps, and for a reconstruction of their evolutionary and biogeographical history.…”

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Mitochondrial phylogeny of the Chrysis ignita (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) species group based on simultaneous Bayesian alignment and phylogeny reconstruction

Soon¹,

Saarma²

2011

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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Phylogenetic evaluation of the taxonomic status of Timandra griseata and T. comae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae)

Cited by 15 publications

References 20 publications

Phylogeny of the subfamilyLarentiinae (Lepidoptera:Geometridae): integrating molecular data and traditional classifications

Phylogeny of the subfamilyLarentiinae (Lepidoptera:Geometridae): integrating molecular data and traditional classifications

Systematic position of Lythriini revised: transferred from Larentiinae to Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)

Mitochondrial phylogeny of the Chrysis ignita (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) species group based on simultaneous Bayesian alignment and phylogeny reconstruction

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