Molecular phylogeny of the paper wasp subgenus Polistes (Polistella) Ashmead, 1904 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from Vietnam |
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| Authors: | Lien TP Nguyen Anh D Nguyen Trang TP Nguyen Adrien Perrard James M Carpenter |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoangquocviet Rd., Caugiay Distr., Hanoi, Viet Nam;2. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoangquocviet Rd., Caugiay Distr., Hanoi, Viet Nam;3. Duy Tan University, 254, Nguyen Van Linh, Da Nang City, Viet Nam;4. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris (iEES Paris), 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, France;5. Université Paris Diderot, iEES-Paris UMR 7598, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75005 Paris, France;6. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study provides the first molecular phylogeny of the social wasp subgenus Polistella (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistes) from Vietnam. Fragments of the mitochondrial COI and 16S rRNA genes were used to reconstruct the phylogenetic trees among 38 Polistes species plus two out-group species (Vespa soror du Buysson and Ropalidia fasciata (Fabricius)). Our results support the existence of several species-groups, including two that are congruent with the previous stigma and Stenopolistes groups defined on the basis of morphology. Moreover, we recovered a clade including the stigma group and the two species P. humilis and P. variabilis that was sister to all other species of Polistella. However, the results also challenged the definition of other groups of Polistella based on morphological data, as well as the definition of two species: P. brunus and P. affinis. This first study calls for further analyses including morphological characters to clarify the taxonomy and the classification of the group. |
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| Keywords: | Vespidae Paper wasp Phylogeny Mitochondrial genes Vietnam |
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