Cladistic analysis of morphological characters in the eulophine tribe Cirrospilini (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) |
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| Authors: | Rosichon UBAIDILLAH John LASALLE Donald L J QUICKE Jun-ichi KOJIMA |
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| Institution: | Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences − LIPI, Cibinong, Bogor, Indonesia;; Unit of Parasitoid Systematics, CABI Biosciences UK Center (Ascot),; Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire and; Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK;and; Natural History Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A total of 56 morphological characters were analyzed for 53 cirrospiline species that represent all of the 17 described genera of the tribe. The other taxa of the Eulophinae included in the analysis were six species of six representative genera in the tribe Eulophini, a species of Elasmus (the only genus comprising the tribe Elasmini), and a species of Trichospilus (unplaced). Trichospilus and two of the six genera of Eulophini examined were placed within Cirrospilini. Monophyly of Cirrospilini (when these two genera of Eulophini and Trichospilus are included) and of the cirrospiline genera for which more than one species were examined was supported, but the relationships between the genera were poorly resolved. An exception was Cirrospilus, the largest genus in the Cirrospilini, monophyly of which was not supported to any extent. |
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| Keywords: | Chalcidoidea monophyly parasitic wasp parsimony analysis |
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