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Phylogenetic relationships in the subfamily Psychodinae (Diptera, Psychodidae)
Author(s) -
Espíndola Anahí,
Buerki Sven,
Jacquier Anouchka,
Ježek Jan,
Alvarez Nadir
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00544.x
Subject(s) - biology , subfamily , sensu , psychodidae , synapomorphy , monophyly , systematics , phylogenetic tree , zoology , taxon , maximum parsimony , evolutionary biology , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , genus , clade , biochemistry , leishmaniasis , gene , immunology
Espíndola, A., Buerki, S., Jacquier, A., Ježek, J. & Alvarez, N. (2012). Phylogenetic relationships in the subfamily Psychodinae (Diptera, Psychodidae). — Zoologica Scripta , 41 , 489–498. Thanks to recent advances in molecular systematics, our knowledge of phylogenetic relationships within the order Diptera has dramatically improved. However, relationships at lower taxonomic levels remain poorly investigated in several neglected groups, such as the highly diversified moth‐fly subfamily Psychodinae (Lower Diptera), which occurs in numerous terrestrial ecosystems. In this study, we aimed to understand the phylogenetic relationships among 52 Palearctic taxa from all currently known Palearctic tribes and subtribes of this subfamily, based on mitochondrial DNA. Our results demonstrate that in light of the classical systematics of Psychodinae, none of the tribes sensu Ježek or sensu Vaillant is monophyletic, whereas at least five of the 12 sampled genera were not monophyletic. The results presented in this study provide a valuable backbone for future work aiming at identifying morphological synapomorphies to propose a new tribal classification.