Phylogenetic relationships of Paralamellobates: immature characters of P. misella (Berlese) place the genus in Punctoribatidae (Acari, Oribatida)

Behan-Pelletier, V. M.; Li, D.; Fan, Qing-Hai

doi:10.1051/acarologia/20162237

Acarologia

2016

DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20162237

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Phylogenetic relationships of Paralamellobates: immature characters of P. misella (Berlese) place the genus in Punctoribatidae (Acari, Oribatida)

V. M. Behan-Pelletier¹,

D. Li²,

Qing-Hai Fan³

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Convergent evolution revealed by paraphyly and polyphyly of many taxa of oribatid mites: A molecular approach

Cordes,

Pan,

Murvanidze

et al. 2024

Exp Appl Acarol

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A reliable phylogeny is crucial for understanding the evolution and radiation of animal taxa. Phylogenies based on morphological data may be misleading due to frequent convergent evolution of traits—a problem from which molecular phylogenies suffer less. This may be particularly relevant in oribatid mites, an ancient soil animal taxon with more than 11,000 species, where the classification of species into high-ranking taxa such as superfamilies is equivocal. Here, we present a molecular phylogeny of 317 oribatid, 4 astigmatid and 17 endeostigmatid mite species/taxa based on 18S rDNA sequences. We aimed at testing the validity of the 41 superfamilies of oribatid mites recognized by Norton and Behan-Pelletier (in Krantz and Walter, A manual of Acarology, 3rd ed., Texas Technical University Press, Lubbock, 2009). The results indicate that 17 of the 41 oribatid mite superfamilies are monophyletic but that 18 superfamilies are paraphyletic or polyphyletic (5 superfamilies were only included with one species and Microzetoidea were not included). Our findings point to the importance of convergent evolution in polyphyletic oribatid mite taxa. Convergent evolution and the old age of mites likely resulted in a mosaic-like distribution of morphological characters impeding phylogenetic reconstructions based on morphology, calling for molecular approaches to improve oribatid mite systematics.

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Convergent evolution revealed by paraphyly and polyphyly of many taxa of oribatid mites: A molecular approach

Cordes,

Pan,

Murvanidze

et al. 2024

Exp Appl Acarol

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Description of a new species ofParalamellobates(Acari, Oribatida) from Argentina, with a revision of the genus

Fredes

2017

International Journal of Acarology

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New findings of poronotic oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the high canopy of a Bornean tropical rain forest

Bayartogtokh

Itioka

Kitora

et al. 2020

International Journal of Acarology

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Phylogenetic relationships of Paralamellobates: immature characters of P. misella (Berlese) place the genus in Punctoribatidae (Acari, Oribatida)

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Convergent evolution revealed by paraphyly and polyphyly of many taxa of oribatid mites: A molecular approach

Convergent evolution revealed by paraphyly and polyphyly of many taxa of oribatid mites: A molecular approach

Description of a new species ofParalamellobates(Acari, Oribatida) from Argentina, with a revision of the genus

New findings of poronotic oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the high canopy of a Bornean tropical rain forest

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