Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic longhorned beetle Vesperoctenus flohri Bates (Vesperidae) and a first description of its female internal structures
Taxonomic placement of the enigmatic monotypic Mexican longhorned beetle genus Vesperoctenus Bates is examined through inclusion in and reanalysis of the dataset of Haddad et al. (2018, Systematic Entomology 43: 68–89). We describe and discuss the phylogenetic significance of the internal structures...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Arthropod systematics & phylogeny 2021-05, Vol.79 (4), p.99-114 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Taxonomic placement of the enigmatic monotypic Mexican longhorned beetle genus
Vesperoctenus
Bates is examined through inclusion in and reanalysis of the dataset of Haddad et al. (2018,
Systematic Entomology
43: 68–89). We describe and discuss the phylogenetic significance of the internal structures of a recently collected
V. flohri
female from the Sierra de la Laguna mountain range in Mexico, the same specimen from which phylogenomic data was generated. Our phylogenomic analyses (469 genes) recovered
Vesperoctenus
with maximal statistical support within the cerambyciform family Vesperidae, sister to
Vesperus
Dejean (Vesperinae).
Vesperus
+
Vesperoctenus
were recovered sister to Philinae, and collectively form a clade sister to Anoplodermatinae. Thus, we place
V. flohri
within Vesperidae: Vesperinae: Vesperoctenini based on analyses of large-scale phylogenomic data. Finally, we propose that the conservation status of
V. flohri
merits assessment. |
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ISSN: | 1863-7221 1864-8312 |
DOI: | 10.3897/asp.79.e66966 |