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Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Cranothrips (Thysanoptera, Melanthripidae) with consideration of host associations and disjunct distributions within the family
Author(s) -
PEREYRA VERONICA,
MOUND LAURENCE A.
Publication year - 2009
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.1365-3113.2008.00445.x
Subject(s) - biology , disjunct , phylogenetic tree , genus , host (biology) , key (lock) , evolutionary biology , zoology , tree (set theory) , phylogenetics , data matrix , cladistics , disjunct distribution , ecology , combinatorics , demography , genetics , mathematics , gene , population , sociology
A phylogenetic analysis of the Melanthripidae genus Cranothrips Bagnall is presented. A data matrix with continuous and discrete characters was analysed under parsimony criteria. Continuous and discrete characters were analysed, separately and in combination. When the different blocks of characters were analysed separately, important differences in tree topologies occurred. The optimal tree obtained from discrete characters alone was similar to the tree resulting from total evidence. For most groups, the support values resulting from all the evidence analysis were higher than those obtained from the discrete‐only analysis. Two new species from Australia are described and illustrated, Cranothrips ibisca sp.n. and Cranothrips conostylus sp.n. A key to the 12 species in the genus is provided. Additionally, the host associations and the distributional patterns of the four worldwide genera of Melanthripidae are discussed.