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Phylogeny of Myrmeleontiformia based on larval morphology (Neuropterida: Neuroptera)
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The results suggest that Ascalaphidae may not be monophyletic, as they collapse into an unresolved polytomy under the Bayesian analysis, and the recovered phylogenetic relationships diverge from the traditional classification scheme for ascalaphids.Abstract:
The suborder Myrmeleontiformia is a derived lineage of lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera) including the families Psychopsidae, Nemopteridae, Nymphidae, Ascalaphidae and Myrmeleontidae. In particular, Myrmeleontidae (antlions) are the most diverse neuropteran family, representing a conspicuous component of the insect fauna of xeric environments. We present the first detailed quantitative phylogenetic analysis of Myrmeleontiformia, based on 107 larval morphological and behavioural characters for 36 genera whose larvae are known (including at least one representative of all the subfamilies of the suborder). Four related families were used as outgroups to polarize character states. Phylogenetic analyses were conducted using both parsimony and Bayesian methods. The reconstructions resulting from our analyses corroborate the monophyly of Myrmeleontiformia. Within this clade, Psychopsidae are recovered as the sister family to all the remaining taxa. Nemopteridae (including both subfamilies Nemopterinae and Crocinae) are recovered as monophyletic and sister to the clade comprising Nymphidae + (Myrmeleontidae + Ascalaphidae). Nymphidae consist of two well‐supported clades corresponding to the subfamilies Nymphinae and Myiodactylinae. Our results suggest that Ascalaphidae may not be monophyletic, as they collapse into an unresolved polytomy under the Bayesian analysis. In addition, the recovered phylogenetic relationships diverge from the traditional classification scheme for ascalaphids. Myrmeleontidae are reconstructed as monophyletic, with the subfamilies Stilbopteryginae, Palparinae and Myrmeleontinae. We retrieved a strongly supported clade comprising taxa with a fossorial habit of the preimaginal instars, which represents a major antlion radiation, also including the monophyletic pit‐trap building species.read more
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Evolution of lacewings and allied orders using anchored phylogenomics (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera)
Shaun L. Winterton,Alan R. Lemmon,Jessica P. Gillung,Ivonne J. Garzon,Davide Badano,Deon K. Bakkes,Laura C.V. Breitkreuz,Michael S. Engel,Emily Moriarty Lemmon,Xingyue Liu,Renato Jose Pires Machado,Jeffrey H. Skevington,John D. Oswald +12 more
TL;DR: Analysis of anchored hybrid enrichment (AHE) data under a variety of analytical parameters recovered a well‐resolved and strongly supported tree for the higher phylogeny of Neuropterida that is highly concordant with previous estimates based on DNA sequence data.
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Phylogeny and Evolution of Neuropterida: Where Have Wings of Lace Taken Us?
Michael S. Engel,Michael S. Engel,Shaun L. Winterton,Laura C.V. Breitkreuz,Laura C.V. Breitkreuz +4 more
TL;DR: Phylogenetic estimations based on combined analyses of diverse data sources, ranging from adult and larval morphology to full mitochondrial genomic DNA, have begun to converge on similar patterns, and have given a revised perspective on the historical evolution and classification of Neuropterida.
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Diverse Cretaceous larvae reveal the evolutionary and behavioural history of antlions and lacewings
TL;DR: An improved understanding of the evolutionary history of antlions and relatives supports the conclusion that hunting strategies, such as camouflage and fossoriality, were acquired early within the lineage.
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An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola).
Alexandros Vasilikopoulos,Bernhard Misof,Karen Meusemann,Karen Meusemann,Doria Lieberz,Tomas Flouri,Rolf G. Beutel,Oliver Niehuis,Torsten Wappler,Jes Rust,Ralph S. Peters,Alexander Donath,Lars Podsiadlowski,Christoph Mayer,Daniela Bartel,Alexander Böhm,Shanlin Liu,Paschalia Kapli,Carola Greve,James E. Jepson,Xingyue Liu,Xin Zhou,Horst Aspöck,Ulrike Aspöck,Ulrike Aspöck +24 more
TL;DR: An extensive phylogenomic analyses consolidate several key aspects in the backbone phylogeny of Neuropterida, such as the basal placement of Coniopterygidae within Neuroptera and the monophyly of Osmyloidea, and provide new insights into the timing of diversification of neuropterida.
Phylogenomics Resolves The Timing And Pattern Of Insect Evolution: Supplementary File Archives.
Bernhard Misof,Shanlin Liu,Karen Meusemann,Ralph S. Peters,Alexander Donath,Christoph Mayer,Paul B. Frandsen,Jessica L. Ware,Tomas Flouri,Rolf G. Beutel,Oliver Niehuis,Malte Petersen,Fernando Izquierdo-Carrasco,Torsten Wappler,Jes Rust,Andre J. Aberer,Ulrike Aspöck,Horst Aspöck,Daniela Bartel,Alexander Blanke,Simon Berger,Alexander Böhm,Thomas R. Buckley,Brett Calcott,Junqing Chen,Frank Friedrich,Makiko Fukui,Mari Fujita,Carola Greve,Peter Grobe,Shengchang Gu,Ying Huang,Lars S. Jermiin,Akito Y. Kawahara,Lars Krogmann,Martin Kubiak,Robert Lanfear,Harald Letsch,Yiyuan Li,Zhenyu Li,Jiguang Li,Haorong Lu,Ryuichiro Machida,Yuta Mashimo,Pashalia Kapli,Duane D. McKenna,Guanliang Meng,Yasutaka Nakagaki,José Luis Navarrete-Heredia,Michael Ott,Yanxiang Ou,Günther Pass,Lars Podsiadlowski,Hans Pohl,Björn M. von Reumont,Kai Schütte,Kaoru Sekiya,Shota Shimizu,Adam Slipinski,Alexandros Stamatakis,Wenhui Song,Xu Su,Nikolaus U. Szucsich,Meihua Tan,Xuemei Tan,Min Tang,Jingbo Tang,Gerald Timelthaler,Shigekazu Tomizuka,Michelle D. Trautwein,Xiaoli Tong,Toshiki Uchifune,Manfred Walzl,Brian M. Wiegmann,Jeanne Wilbrandt,Benjamin Wipfler,Thomas K. F. Wong,Qiong Wu,Gengxiong Wu,Yinlong Xie,Shenzhou Yang,Qing Yang,David K. Yeates,Kazunori Yoshizawa,Qing Zhang,Rui Zhang,Wenwei Zhang,Yunhui Zhang,Jing Zhao,Chengran Zhou,Lili Zhou,Tanja Ziesmann,Shijie Zou,Yingrui Li,Xun Xu,Yong Zhang,Huanming Yang,Jian Wang,Jun Wang,Karl M. Kjer,Xin Zhou +100 more
TL;DR: A phylogenetic analysis of protein-coding genes from all major insect orders and close relatives was performed by Misof et al. as discussed by the authors, who used this resolved phylogenetic tree together with fossil analysis to date the origin of insects to ~479 million years ago and to resolve longcontroversial subjects in insect phylogeny.
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