Molecular phylogenetics of Stenodermatini bat genera: congruence of data from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA |
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Authors: | Van den Bussche RA; Baker RJ; Wichman HA; Hamilton MJ |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho. |
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Abstract: | Within the tribe Stenodermatini the systematics of the complex of species
allied with the genus Artibeus has generated several alternative
phylogenetic hypotheses. The most recent treatment recognized four genera
(Artibeus, Dermanura, Enchisthenes, and Koopmania) and suggested that the
most recent common ancestor of these four genera would include the common
ancestor of all other currently recognized Stenodermatini genera except
Sturnira. To test this hypothesis, we examined an EcoRI-defined nuclear
satellite DNA repeat and 402 bp of DNA sequence variation from the
mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Phylogenetic conclusions based on Southern
blot analyses, in situ hybridization, and mitochondrial DNA sequence data
indicate that Enchisthenes is not closely related to Dermanura, Artibeus,
or Koopmania and that Dermanura, Artibeus, and Koopmania shared a common
ancestor after diverging from the remainder of the Stenodermatini. If our
conclusions are correct, then justification for recognizing Dermanura and
Koopmania as generically distinct from Artibeus must be based on the
magnitude of difference that distinguishes each rather than on the
conclusion that to place them as congeneric with Artibeus creates a
paraphyletic taxon.
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