缘蝽总科支序分析及其高级分类系统(半翅目:异翅亚目)(英)

本文在已有大量比较形态学研究和各科支序分析研究基础上,对缘蝽总科的科、亚科、族等亚群的系统发育关系作了支序分析研究,结果表明,缘蝽总科、蛛缘蝽科、姬缘蝽科的单系群地位得到证明。而缘蝽科由于其棒缘蝽亚科和希缘蝽亚科分别占据支序图的两个最低位置,它们在缘蝽总科中具有较多的原始特征,缘蝽亚科的Chariesterini族与南美缘蝽亚科互为姐妹群而与缘蝽亚科其它族差异较大;姬缘蝽科的红缘蝽亚科处在该分支的最高位置且与姬缘蝽亚科中的Harmostini族互为姐妹群,与姬缘蝽亚科其它族关系也较近,因而传统的缘蝽科、缘蝽亚科、姬缘蝽亚科为并系群。为使各分类单元为单系群即自然类群,使分类系统更忠实于系统发育关系,本文将棒缘蝽亚科和希缘蝽亚科分别提升为科,Chariesterini族提升为亚科;红缘蝽亚科降为族,姬缘蝽科不设亚科。据上述分类学变动提出了缘蝽总科族以上高级阶分类系统。     

蛛缘蝽科系统发育初探(半翅目:缘蝽总科)

本文通对蛛缘蝽科各亚群16个代表属的比较形态学研究,以支序分析方法探讨了属间系统发育关系,其结果证实蛛缘蝽科为一单源群,支持Schaefe(1965)将该科分为蛛缘蝽亚科和微缘蝽亚科的意见,并认为扁缘蝽属和锥缘蝽属应分别单独成立族。Ahmad(1965)等将原有蛛缘蝽族、稻缘蝽族和微翅缘蝽族分别提升为亚科从而将该科分为三亚科的观点得不到文中支序图的支持。     

缘蝽科族级单元系统发育关系支序分析

在已有比较形态学研究基础上,本文选择了１５个特征方面的７４个新生,以支序分析方法探讨缘蝽科族的系统发育关系。结果表明棒缘蝽亚科、希缘蝽族、沟缘蝽族较为原始,与其余类群差异较大,缘蝽科的范围值得进一步研究;除Ｃｈａｒｉｅｓｔｅｒｉｎｉ外的缘蝽亚科是高等的缘蝽类群;Ｃｈａｒｉｅｓｅｒｉｎｉ似应从缘蝽亚科中独立出来,狭义巨大级蝽族以及萧的鼻缘蝽族、梭缘蝽族、昧缘蝽族、曼缘蝽族成立、拟黛缘蝽属、副黛缘蝽属     

缘蝽科族级单元系统发育关系支序分析(半翅目:异翅亚目:缘蝽总科)

在已有比较形态学研究基础上,本文选择了15个特征方面（外生殖器为主）的74个新征,以支序分析方法探讨了缘蝽科族（或亚科）的系统发育关系。结果表明棒缘蝽亚科、希缘蝽族、沟缘蝽族较为原始,与其余类群差异较大,缘蝽科的范围值得进一步研究;除Chariesterini外的缘蝽亚科是高等的缘蝽类群;Chariesterini似应从缘蝽亚科中独立出来;狭义巨缘蝽族以及萧的鼻缘蝽族、梭缘蝽族、昧缘蝽族、曼缘蝽族成立;拟黛缘蝽属、副黛缘蝽属、华黛缘蝽属、异黛缘蝽属应从”黛缘蝽族”中分别独立出来成立新族,即拟黛缘蝽族、副黛缘蝽族、华黛缘蝽族和异黛缘蝽族,以使原有的黛缘蝽族成为自然类群。     

缘蝽总科昆虫精巢形态

为比较缘蝽总科昆虫的精巢形态差异,解剖镜下解剖观察拍照,对缘蝽总科3科4亚科6属9种昆虫的精巢进行了观察。结果表明:缘蝽总科精巢、输精管皆被有不同颜色的被膜。姬缘蝽科Rhopalidae姬缘蝽亚科Rhopalinae迷缘蝽属Myrmus精巢为小(中)型卵圆形。缘蝽科Coreidae缘蝽亚科Coreinae棘缘蝽属Cletus精巢近似三角形。巨缘蝽亚科Mictinae安缘蝽属Anoplocnemis小型圆球形。蛛缘蝽科Alydidae蛛缘蝽亚科Alydinae长缘蝽属Megalotomus为小型卵圆形。缘蝽总科姬缘蝽科Rhopalidae姬缘蝽亚科Rhopalinae环缘蝽属Stictopleurus、伊缘蝽属Rhopalus为长圆椎(圆柱)状。精巢大小与个体大小成反比。缘蝽总科精巢形状、大小、颜色及输精管粗细在科级、亚科级、属级具有分类特征。     

缘蝽科的比较形态学研究Ⅰ（异翅亚目：缘蝽总科）

本研究叙述了缘蝽科的基本特征以及缘蝽科中２２个族或亚科级单元的比较形态学特征,特别是外生殖器的特征描述及其图解多为首次报道。认为瘤缘蝽族、喙缘蝽族、竹缘蝽族、沟缘蝽亚科、达缘蝽族、同缘蝽族、特缘蝽族及美洲各族（或亚科）为单系群;梭缘蝽族（包括唯一属梭缘蝽属）的族级地位成立;缘蝽族各属关系复杂;黛缘蝽族是一个复系类群,各属关系复杂,在头部、阳茎和雄虫生殖腔等方面的构造已呈明显差异,此族似不成立;岗缘蝽族应是一单系群,但Ｐｌｉｎａｃｈｔｕｓｂａｓａｌｉｓ似应独立成属并移出岗缘蝽族;曼缘蝽族、昧缘蝽族及鼻缘蝽族［仅１属１种,该属另外１种ＳｉｎｏｔｎｇｕｓｒｕｂｒｏｍａｃｕｌｕｓＨｓｉａｏ被移到类缘蝽属中,即Ａｎａｃａｎｔｈｏｃｏｒｉｓｒｕｂｒｏｍａｃｕｌｕｓ（Ｈｓｉａｏ）（ｎ．ｃｏｍｂ,新组合）为单属族,它们的系统学地位有待进一步研究;希缘蝽族（或亚科）身体构造很特异,是较原始的缘蝽类群;棒缘蝽亚科亦为较原始的类群,其中棒缘蝽属群各属组成一单系群,证明Ｓｔａｌ（１８７３）将它们成立棒缘蝽族合理;其余棒缘蝽亚科各属虽在某些外部形态上表现出一定的亲缘关系,但属间特征交叉,且与棒缘蝽族有许多共同特征,若归为一族,则造成     

缘蝽科的比较形态学研究I（异翅亚目：缘蝽总科）

本研究叙述了缘蝽科的基本特征以及缘蝽科中２２个族或亚和及单元的比较形态学特征，特别是外生殖器的特征描述其图解多为首次报道。认为瘤缘蝽族、喙缘蝽族、竹缘蝽族、沟缘蝽亚科、达缘蝽族、同缘蝽族、特缘蝽族及美洲各族（或亚科）为单系群；梭缘蝽族（包括唯一属梭缘蝽属）的族级地位成立；缘蝽族各属关系复杂；黛缘蝽族是一个复系类群，各属关系复杂，在头部、阳茎和雄虫生殖腔等方面的构造已呈明显差异，此族似不成立；岗缘蝽     

中国的伊缘蝽属(半翅目:姬缘蝽科)

姬缘蝽科(Rhopalidae)为缘蝽总科(Coreoidea)中的一个类群。许多分类工作者曾将其视为缘蝽科(Coreidae)的一个亚科,如China ＆ Miller(1959)、萧等(1977)等。但近代多数半翅目学者则赞成独立为科的意见(Southwood ＆ Leston 1959、Stichel 1961、Kerzhner ＆     

中国缘蝽新种记述(半翅目:缘蝽科)Ⅲ

本文记述了中国缘蝽科17属20种,属于棒缘蝽亚科(Pseudophloeinae)4种,姬缘蝽亚科(Rhopalinae)6种,蛛缘蝽亚科(Alydinae)10种;其中有4个新属12个新种,另有6个属和8个种是在中国首次记录。     

中国缘蝽科部分种类细胞色素b基因序列及系统进化研究

以线粒体细胞色素b(Cyt b)基因作为分子标记,首次对缘蝽科4亚科14种昆虫进行序列测定,获得Cyt b基因412 bp的序列片段,该片段中碱基T、C、A、G的平均含量分别为34.2%、11.4%、35.7 %和18.7 %,A T平均含量为69.9 %,明显高于G C含量(30.1 %).密码子第3位点的A T含量高达82.8%,亚科间序列变异大,有193个核苷酸位点发生变异,碱基替换多发生于第3位点.以筛豆龟蝽为外群构建系统发育树,表明在亚科级关系上,姬缘蝽亚科最原始,蛛缘蝽亚科次之,巨缘蝽亚科和缘蝽亚科亲缘关系较近,为较进化种类.     

CLADISTIC ANALYSIS AND HIGHER CLASSIFICATION OF COREOIDEA (HETEROPTERA)

Abstract  A cladistic analysis of tribes and subfamilies included in Coreidae, Rhopalidae and Alydidae of the superfamily Coreoidea, based on 60 apomorphies, has been made in the present paper. The results indicate that both the Pseudophloeinae and Hydarinae of Coreidae are monophyletic and occupy the two lowest positions in the cladogram in comparison with the other coreid groups; the tribe Chariesterini of Coreinae is a sister group with Meropachydinae; Serinethini (the only tribe of "Serinethinae", Rhopalidae) is a sister group with Harmostini of Rhopalinae in the rhopalid offset of the cladogram. These mean the traditional Coreidae, Coreinae, and Rhopalinae are paraphyletic groups. According to the results of the snalysis and their characteristics, the "Pseudophloeinae" and "Hydarinae" are raised to family category respectively, the tribe Chariesterini is raised to subfamily category in family Coreidae; the traditional Serinethinae is suppressed to tribe category (no subfamilial ranks will be set up in Rhopalidae), so that all the groups are natural and the paraphyletic groups are avoided in the superfamily, and no this basis a new higher classification system of Coreoidea is suggested.     

New contributions towards the understanding of the phylogenetic relationships among economically important fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are a species-rich and economically important group. The phylogenetic relationships among the many taxa are still to be fully resolved and the monophyly of several groups is still to be confirmed. This paper reports a study of the phylogenetic relationships among 23 economically important tephritid species (representing several major lineages of the family) which examines the sequence of a region of mitochondrial DNA encompassing the cytb, tRNA(Ser) and ND1 genes. Substitutions characteristic of particular taxa were found that could help classify members of the family at any developmental stage. The trees obtained by the maximum parsimony, neighbour joining and maximum likelihood methods were generally compatible with present morphological classification patterns. However, the data reveal some characteristics of the phylogenetic relationships of this family that do not agree with present classifications. The results support the probable non-monophyletic nature of the subfamily Trypetinae and suggest that Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillet) is more closely related to the genus Dacus than to other species of Bactrocera.     

Exhaustive sample set among Viverridae reveals the sister-group of felids: the linsangs as a case of extreme morphological convergence within Feliformia

Although molecular studies have helped to clarify the phylogeny of the problematic family Viverridae, a recent phylogenetic investigation based on cytochrome b (cyt b) has excluded the Asiatic linsangs (genus Prionodon) from the family. To assess the phylogenetic position of the Asiatic linsangs within the Feliformia, we analysed an exhaustive taxonomic sample set with cyt b and newly produced transthyretin intron I sequences (TR-I-I). TR-I-I alone and cyt b +TR-I-I combined (maximum-likelihood analysis) highly support the position of Asiatic linsangs as sister-group of the Felidae. The estimation of minimum divergence dates from molecular data suggests a splitting event ca. 33.3 million years (Myr) ago, which lends support to historical assertions that the Asiatic linsangs are "living fossils" that share a plesiomorphic morphotype with the Oligocene feliform Paleoprionodon. The African linsang is estimated to appear more than 20 Myr later and represents the sister-group of the genus Genetta. Our phylogenetic results illustrate numerous morphological convergences of "diagnostic" characters among Feliformia that might be problematic for the identification of fossil taxa. The morphotype reappearance from the Asiatic to the African linsangs suggests that the genome of the Feliformia conserved its potential ability of expression for a peculiar adaptive phenotype throughout evolution, in this case arboreality and hypercarnivory in tropical forest.     

Molecular phylogeny of the ranid frogs from Southwest India based on the mitochondrial ribosomal RNA gene sequences

The Western Ghats of Southwestern India are known as one of the world's "hotspots" of biodiversity. We collected frog specimens from the family Ranidae and investigated the phylogenetic relationships among ranid species, particularly among the Fejervarya, a genus whose morphological diagnostic characteristics and phylogenetic features remain little known. We analyzed partial sequences of the mitochondrial 12S (428 bp) and 16S rDNAs (549 bp). Results showed that the members of Fejervarya form a monophyletic group with the genera Hoplobatrachus and Euphlyctis among ranid genera. This confirms the recent allocation of Fejervarya, including it within the subfamily Dicroglossinae. The mitochondrial rDNA data in our study also appeared to be useful as a marker to distinguish Fejervarya species without morphological differences. The phylogenetic tree based on the 16S rDNA sequence showed a correlation between Fejervarya phylogenies and their geographic distributions. Lastly, our results suggested the recent occurrence of a radiation event of Fejervarya species in the Indian-Sri Lankan region.     

Evidence for a phylogenetic position of button quails (Turnicidae: Aves) among the Gruiformes

The phylogenetic position of the Turnicidae (Aves) was unresolved. Historically, they were classified as members of the Struthioniformes, Galliformes, Charadriiformes, Columbiformes or the Gruiformes. In these classifications they had taxonomic rank of order 'Turniciformes' or family 'Turnicidae'. However, most of these studies followed phenetic methodology and used morphological similarity of taxa and plesiomorphic characters to classify Turnix . Recent phylogenetic studies on the basis of morphological character analyses or phenetic comparisons based on DNA-DNA hybridization experiments failed to clarify the phylogenetic realtionship of Turnix and suggested a position as 'incerte sedis', either among the Gruiformes or as the parvclass 'Turnicac'as a sistergroup to the 'Neoaves'.
We studied skeletal and myological material of Turnix to resolve its phylogenetic position. Further, we considered all characters that were previously discussed in literature to classify Turnix and tested them for their potential use in phylogenetic analysis. We added several yet unemployed morphological characters of phylogenetic significance to the analysis. The Struthioniformes, 'Galloanseres', and Columbiformes are each characterized by a clear set of autapomorpies. Only one autapomorphy in known for the Gruiformes but this character is of satisfying consistency and can be found in all families of the Gruiformes (Gruidae, Psophiidae, Aramidae. Rallidae) and Turnix. Turnix and the Rallidae share four complex morphological characters implying a close phylogenetic relationship. The data presented in this paper support the hypothesis that Turnix is a member of the Gruiformes with close relationships to the Rallidae. No evidence was found that would support a parvclass 'Turnicae'as sistergroup to the 'Neoaves'.     

Molecular phylogeny and systematics of flowering plants of the family Crassulaceae DC

Crassulaceae (orpine or stonecrop family) is the most species-rich (ca. 1400 spp) family in the order Saxifragales. Most members of the family are succulent plants. Phenotypic diversity and large number of species complicates systematics of the family and obscures reconstruction of relationship within it. Phylogenetic analyzes based on morphological and molecular markers placed Crassulaceae as one of the crown clades of Saxifragales. In this contribution a review of phylogenetic studies on the family Crassulaceae, based on DNA nucleotide sequence comparisons is presented; major clades established in the family are characterised; their structure and polyphylesis of some genera are discussed. It is shown that the traditional taxonomic structure of Crassulaceae contradicts pattern of phylogenetic relationships between its members. We critically analyzed recent taxonomic systems of the family and stress that homoplasy of morphological characters does not allow to use them to reconstruct relationships between crassulacean taxa even at the low taxonomic levels.     

Deciduous Dentitions of Eocene Cebochoerid Artiodactyls and Cetartiodactyl Relationships

Deciduous lower premolars (milk teeth) of the Eocene artiodactyl family Cebochoeridae possess accessory denticles and are remarkably similar to both deciduous and adult teeth of the cetacean family Basilosauridae, suggesting that morphological characters of juvenile dentitions are important to understanding the phylogenetic origin of whales and morphological transitions in the cetartiodactyl lineage. Incorporation of these new characters into a larger phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters of artiodactyls, mesonychids, and basal and recent whales supports a monophyletic Cetartiodactyla, but does not directly support a whale–hippo relationship. However, the presence of accessory denticles on some artiodactyl dentitions weakens the morphological support for a monophyletic Artiodactyla, suggesting either that whales and cebochoerids may be more closely related than had been thought, or that cebochoerids share a developmental pathway with cetaceans.     

Ontogeny discombobulates phylogeny: paedomorphosis and higher-level salamander relationships

Evolutionary developmental biology ("evo-devo") has revolutionized evolutionary biology but has had relatively little impact on systematics. We show that similar large-scale developmental changes in distantly related lineages can dramatically mislead phylogenetic analyses based on morphological data. Salamanders are important model systems in many fields of biology and are of special interest in that many species are paedomorphic and thus never complete metamorphosis. A recent study of higher-level salamander phylogeny placed most paedomorphic families in a single clade based on morphological data. Here, we use new molecular and morphological data to show that this result most likely was caused by the misleading effects of paedomorphosis. We also provide a well-supported estimate of higher-level salamander relationships based on combined molecular and morphological data. Many authors have suggested that paedomorphosis may be problematic in studies of salamander phylogeny, but this hypothesis has never been tested with a rigorous phylogenetic analysis. We find that the misleading effects of paedomorphosis on phylogenetic analysis go beyond the sharing of homoplastic larval traits by paedomorphic adults, and the problem therefore is not solved by simply excluding suspected paedomorphic characters. Instead, two additional factors are critically important in causing paedomorphic species to be phylogenetically "misplaced": (1) the absence of clade-specific synapomorphies that develop during metamorphosis in nonpaedomorphic taxa and allow their "correct" placement and (2) parallel adaptive changes associated with the aquatic habitat of the larval stage. Our results suggest that the effects of paedomorphosis on phylogenetic analyses may be complex, difficult to detect, and can lead to results that are both wrong and statistically well supported by parsimony and Bayesian analyses.