Open AccessKombination von mitochondrialen und nukleären Evidenzen: Die verfeinerte Geschichte von Erebia medusa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in Mitteleuropa basierend auf dem COI‐Gen
Author(s) -
Hammouti Nasera,
Schmitt Thomas,
Seitz Alfred,
Kosuch Joachim,
Veith Michael
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1439-0469
pISSN - 0947-5745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00544.x
Subject(s) - biology , vicariance , phylogeography , molecular clock , nymphalidae , population , evolutionary biology , genetic structure , ecology , range (aeronautics) , zoology , phylogenetics , genetic variation , lepidoptera genitalia , demography , genetics , materials science , sociology , composite material , gene
We aim to infer a combined scenario for the evolution of the Woodland Ringlet, Erebia medusa , in Central Europe based on analyses of part of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxydase subunit I (COI) and a published allozyme data set. We sequenced 529 bp of COI for 158 butterflies from 32 populations from almost the entire western distribution range of the species. We applied population genetic [spatial analysis of molecular variance ( samova )] and phylogeographical analyses as well as coalescence simulation to test if the published allozyme scenario supports or contradicts the observed haplotype distribution. We recorded 16 haplotypes of which four represent a total of 82%. samova grouped the 32 populations into four geographically coherent groups: (1) western Central Europe, (2) Central Europe, (3) eastern Central Europe and (iv) western Pannonia. Mismatch distribution analyses and haplotype networks are in coincidence with constant population growth and reveal a relatively shallow phylogeographical structure. We evaluated the level of discordance between population histories and gene trees using Slatkins s and the deep coalescence statistics based on our mtDNA data. These estimators decline the previously published allozyme scenario of survival in different extra‐Mediterranean refugia in Europe with an onset of differentiation at the beginning of the last ice age some 70 000 years ago. However, it supports a refined scenario if we assume an onset of vicariance driven differentiation in these refugia after the end of the middle Würm interstadials some 30 000 years ago. Therefore, the general evolutionary history of this species in Europe apparently is very recent. Most probably, areas adjoining the high mountain regions as Alps and northern Carpathians were of great importance for the late Würm glacial survival of species like Erebia medusa .