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Phylogeny of G eophilomorpha ( C hilopoda) inferred from new morphological and molecular evidence
Author(s) -
Bonato Lucio,
Drago Leandro,
Murienne Jérôme
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
cladistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.323
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1096-0031
pISSN - 0748-3007
DOI - 10.1111/cla.12060
Subject(s) - biology , clade , monophyly , phylogenetic tree , maximum parsimony , phylogenetics , evolutionary biology , zoology , molecular phylogenetics , genetics , gene
To address the phylogenetic relationships of the centipede order G eophilomorpha (more than 1000 species), we have reinterpreted and expanded the knowledge on their morphological disparity, and have doubled the amount of molecular data available. We performed maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses, using 195 phylogenetically informative morphological characters for 80 species, and DNA sequences of 28 S , 18 S , 16 S r RNA and COI for up to 48 species. We found strong support for the monophyly of G eophilomorpha, the basal dichotomy between A desmata and P lacodesmata = M ecistocephalidae, and the basal dichotomy within A desmata between two clades that are recognized here as superfamilies H imantarioidea and G eophiloidea. With respect to the families currently in use, H imantarioidea comprises three well supported clades corresponding to (i) O ryidae, (ii) H imantariidae, and (iii) S chendylidae s.l. including B allophilidae; G eophiloidea comprises another three supported clades corresponding to (iv) a new family Z elanophilidae, (v) G onibregmatidae s.l. including E riphantidae and N eogeophilidae, and (vi) G eophilidae s.l. including A philodontidae, D ignathodontidae, L inotaeniidae, and M acronicophilidae.