当前位置: X-MOL 学术Zool. J. Linn. Soc. › 论文详情
Our official English website, www.x-mol.net, welcomes your feedback! (Note: you will need to create a separate account there.)
Taxonomy in the phylogenomic era: species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships among North American ants of the Crematogaster scutellaris group (Formicidae: Hymenoptera)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 , DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab047
Philip S Ward 1 , Bonnie B Blaimer 2
Affiliation  

Abstract We investigate the species-level taxonomy and evolutionary history of Nearctic ants in the Crematogaster scutellaris group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), drawing on evidence from morphology and UCE (ultraconserved element) phylogenomics. The New World species in this group form a well-supported clade that originated in the Late Miocene (~7.3 Mya) and subsequently diverged into three major lineages: the C. coarctata clade (south-western Nearctic), the C. opaca clade (south-western Nearctic and northern Neotropics) and the C. lineolata clade (eastern Nearctic and Caribbean, with four isolated south-west endemics). We hypothesize trans-Beringian dispersal into the New World, west-to-east movement within North America and restriction of mesophilic species to the east with increasing aridification of the west. The ancestral nesting behaviour of these ants is inferred to be ground-dwelling, and this is still the predominant condition in the arid west, whereas most species in the eastern United States are arboreal. We resurrect from synonymy nine species and describe three new species: C. detecta sp. nov. (from Nevada), C. parapilosa sp. nov. (Florida) and C. vetusta sp. nov. (Arizona). We provide a worker-based key to the 34 species of Crematogaster occurring in America north of Mexico, but emphasize that there are still ongoing taxonomic issues that need to be resolved.

中文翻译:

系统发育时代的分类学:北美火蚁群(蚁科:膜翅目)的物种边界和系统发育关系

摘要 我们利用形态学和UCE(超保守元素)系统基因组学的证据,研究了黄芩火葬群(膜翅目:蚁科)中近地蚂蚁的物种级分类学和进化历史。该组中的新大陆物种形成了一个得到良好支持的进化枝,起源于晚中新世(~7.3 Mya),随后分为三个主要谱系:C. coarctata 进化枝(近北西南部)、C. opaca 进化枝(西南近北极和新热带北部)和 C. lineolata 进化枝(近北极和加勒比东部,有四个孤立的西南特有种)。我们假设跨白令山脉扩散到新大陆,北美内部由西向东运动,以及随着西部干旱化程度的增加,中温物种向东部的限制。这些蚂蚁的祖先筑巢行为被推断为陆栖,这仍然是干旱西部的主要条件,而美国东部的大多数物种都是树栖的。我们从同义词九种中复活并描述了三个新物种:C. detecta sp。十一月 (来自内华达州),C. parapilosa sp。十一月 (佛罗里达州)和 C. vetusta sp。十一月 (亚利桑那)。我们为发生在墨西哥北部的美洲的 34 种火葬鸟提供了一个基于工人的密钥,但强调仍然存在需要解决的分类问题。C. parapilosa sp。十一月 (佛罗里达州)和 C. vetusta sp。十一月 (亚利桑那)。我们为发生在墨西哥北部的美洲的 34 种火葬鸟提供了一个基于工人的密钥,但强调仍然存在需要解决的分类问题。C. parapilosa sp。十一月 (佛罗里达州)和 C. vetusta sp。十一月 (亚利桑那)。我们为发生在墨西哥北部的美洲的 34 种火葬鸟提供了一个基于工人的密钥,但强调仍然存在需要解决的分类问题。
更新日期:2022-03-01
down
wechat
bug