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Phylogeny of the subfamily Chauliodinae (Megaloptera: Corydalidae), with description of a new genus from the Oriental Realm
Author(s) -
LIU XINGYUE,
YANG DING
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00346.x
Subject(s) - biology , cladistics , subfamily , monophyly , zoology , genus , lineage (genetic) , clade , phylogenetics , sister group , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene
A new Oriental fishfly genus, Sinochauliodes gen.n. , is described, including four species: S. fujianensis (Yang & Yang, 1999) comb.n. , S. griseus (Yang & Yang, 1999) comb.n. , S. maculosus sp.n. and S. squalidus sp.n. A cladistic analysis based on adult morphological characters clarified the phylogenetic status of the new genus and allowed the reconstruction of the intergeneric relationships of the subfamily Chauliodinae. Two main clades within Chauliodinae were recognized from the cladistic analysis. The Asian fishflies, together with the two Nearctic genera, Chauliodes and Nigronia , formed a monophyletic lineage, and the new genus was assigned as the sister group to the genus Parachauliodes . The biogeography of the Asian fishflies is discussed.