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Cladistic analysis and biogeography of the cicadas of the Indo‐Pacific subtribe Cosmopsaltriina (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)
Author(s) -
Duffels J. P.,
Turner H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2002.00177.x
Subject(s) - cladogram , monophyly , cladistics , biology , taxon , zoology , biogeography , genus , hemiptera , ecology , phylogenetics , clade , biochemistry , gene
A consensus cladogram is presented for ninety‐seven of the ninety‐nine (sub)species of the cicada subtribe Cosmopsaltriina on the basis of a cladistic analysis of forty‐nine characters. The consensus cladogram confirms the monophyly of the eight genera constituting the subtribe, and the monophyly of the subtribe as a whole. Cosmopsaltriina occur in Sulawesi, the Moluccas, New Guinea, Cape York, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. The subtribe demonstrates a high rate of endemism on genus, species group and species level. The taxon‐area and consensus‐area cladograms resulting from Brooks parsimony analysis are discussed in relation to the palaeogeography of the area.