Species designation of the Bruneau Dune tiger beetle (Cicindela waynei) is supported by phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence data

Goldberg, Caren S.; Tank, David C.; Uribe‐Convers, Simon; Bosworth, William R.; Marx, Hannah E.; Waits, Lisette P.

doi:10.1007/s10592-011-0295-9

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“…Uncorrelated morphological and genetic diversity has been reported in lyponiine lycids (Li et al 2015) and other beetle families (e.g. Goldberg et al 2012) and points to the necessary evaluation of all evidence when species are delimited (Jorger and Schrodl 2013). The cox1 mtDNA fragment alone cannot provide sufficient information on the diversification process, but even these limited data suggest that closely related lineages can develop distant mimetic patterns and start further morphological differentiation, for example in the relative size of eyes.…”

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Species limits in polymorphic mimetic Eniclases net-winged beetles from New Guinean mountains (Coleoptera, Lycidae)

Boček¹,

Bocák²

2016

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Species delimitation was compared in a group of closely related lineages of aposematically colored Eniclases (Coleoptera, Lycidae) using morphology, genetic distances, and Bayesian implementation of the Poisson Tree Processes model. A high diversity of net-winged beetles was found in previously unsampled regions of New Guinea and ten new species are described: Eniclases bicolor sp. n., Eniclases bokondinensis sp. n., Eniclases brancuccii sp. n., Eniclases elelimensis sp. n., Eniclases infuscatus sp. n., Eniclases niger sp. n., Eniclases pseudoapertus sp. n., Eniclases pseudoluteolus sp. n., Eniclases tikapurensis sp. n., and Eniclases variabilis sp. n. Different levels of genetic and morphological diversification were identified in various sister-species pairs. As a result, both morphological and molecular analyses are used to delimit species. Sister-species with uncorrected pairwise genetic divergence as low as 0.45% were morphologically distinct not only in color pattern, but also in the relative size of eyes. Conversely, differences in color pattern regardless of their magnitude did not necessarily indicate genetic distance and intraspecific mimicry polymorphism was common. Additionally, genetic divergence without morphological differentiation was detected in one sister-species pair. Low dispersal propensity, diverse mimicry patterns, and mimetic polymorphism resulted in complex diversification of Eniclases and uncertain species delimitation in recently diversified lineages.

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Species limits in polymorphic mimetic Eniclases net-winged beetles from New Guinean mountains (Coleoptera, Lycidae)

Boček¹,

Bocák²

2016

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“…The advancement of molecular‐based delimitation approaches through the incorporation of coalescent theory (e.g., Knowles & Carstens, ; O'Meara, ; Pons et al., ; Yang & Rannala, ) has represented a huge step forward in our ability to robustly delimit species, especially at recent timescales. The past 10 years have seen an explosion in molecular species delimitation approaches (e.g., Camargo, Morando, Avila, & Sites, ; Ence & Carstens, ; Grummer, Bryson, & Reeder, ; Knowles & Carstens, ; O'Meara, ; Pons et al., ; Solís‐Lemus, Knowles, & Ané, ; Yang & Rannala, ), empirical examples (e.g., Goldberg et al., ; Reeves & Richards, ; Satler, Carstens, & Hedin, ; Singh et al., ) and critical reviews (e.g., Camargo et al., ; Carstens et al., ; Leaché & Fujita, ). Most authors agree that the use of multiple lines of evidence (Schlick‐Steiner et al., ; Yeates et al., ), multiple approaches in conjunction (Aguilar et al., ; Andújar, Arribas, Ruiz, Serrano, & Gómez‐Zurita, ; Fujita, Leaché, Burbrink, McGuire, & Moritz, ), and when possible, integrated analyses (Edwards & Knowles, ; Guillot, Renaud, Ledevin, Michaux, & Claude, ; Padial, Miralles, la Riva, & Vences, ; Zapata & Jiménez, ), are necessary to be objective in our delimitations.…”

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Incongruence in molecular species delimitation schemes: What to do when adding more data is difficult

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Using multiple, independent approaches to molecular species delimitation is advocated to accommodate limitations and assumptions of a single approach. Incongruence in delimitation schemes is a potential by-product of employing multiple methods on the same data, and little attention has been paid to its reconciliation. Instead, a particular scheme is prioritized, and/or molecular delimitations are coupled with additional, independent lines of evidence that mitigate incongruence. We advocate that incongruence within a line of evidence should be accounted for before comparing across lines of evidence that can themselves be incongruent. Additionally, it is not uncommon for empiricists working in nonmodel systems to be data-limited, generating some concern for the adequacy of available data to address the question of interest. With conservation and management decisions often hinging on the status of species, it seems prudent to understand the capabilities of approaches we use given the data we have. Here, we apply two molecular species delimitation approaches, spedeSTEM and BPP, to the Castilleja ambigua (Orobanchaceae) species complex, a relatively young plant lineage in western North America. Upon finding incongruence in our delimitation, we employed a post hoc simulation study to examine the power of these approaches to delimit species. Given the data we collected, we find that spedeSTEM lacks the power to delimit while BPP is capable, thus allowing us to address incongruence before proceeding in delimitation. We suggest post hoc simulation studies like this compliment empirical delimitation and serve as a means of exploring conflict within a line of evidence and dealing with it appropriately.

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Conservation status of United States tiger beetles

Knisley

Kippenhan

Brzoska³

2014

Terr Arthropod Rev

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This study evaluates the conservation status of all of the United States species and subspecies of tiger beetles on the basis of the published literature, unpublished reports, museum and private collections, our personal field work and contact with collectors. We provide a brief summary of the status of the four species already listed and the two candidates for listing by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We indicate three taxa believed to be extinct and evaluate 62 others that we deem sufficiently rare to be considered for listing as endangered or threatened. We used a 1, 2, 3 grading system that is generally comparable to the terminology of critically imperiled, imperiled, and vulnerable designations, respectively, used in NatureServe Explorer. Fifty-two of these taxa are from the western states and Texas and most of them are named subspecies with extremely limited distributions and habitats. We assigned seven taxa a 1+ grade, our highest level of rarity and/or threats; of these there is presently sufficient information available to consider two of them-- Cicindelidia floridana Cartwright and Cicindela tranquebarica joaquinensis Knisley and Haines-- as the U. S. forms most in danger of extinction. Future prospects for conservation and listing of tiger beetles seem bleak because of the limited budget and personnel available for Endangered Species in the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the current economic and political climate in the United States.

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Species designation of the Bruneau Dune tiger beetle (Cicindela waynei) is supported by phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence data

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Species limits in polymorphic mimetic Eniclases net-winged beetles from New Guinean mountains (Coleoptera, Lycidae)

Species limits in polymorphic mimetic Eniclases net-winged beetles from New Guinean mountains (Coleoptera, Lycidae)

Incongruence in molecular species delimitation schemes: What to do when adding more data is difficult

Conservation status of United States tiger beetles

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