Taxonomic Swap 138780 (提交於 2024-02-03)

Homziak et al 2023 used molecular and ecological analyses to confirm the relationships within Catocala and between Catocala and Ulotrichopus . . .

Abstract
. . . . Here we reconstruct the first comprehensive molecular phylogeny for the genus based on 685 anchored hybrid enrichment loci sampled from 161 Catocala species (99 Nearctic, 62 Palearctic), four species of Ulotrichopus Wallengren and 33 outgroups. Phylogenetic analysis unambiguously recovers Catocala and Catocala + Ulotrichopus as monophyletic with strong support and resolves many backbone relationships within Catocala. . . . .
Phylogenetic analyses
Maximum likelihood trees of the concatenated nucleotide dataset (Figures1, S1, S2) and amino acid dataset (Figures S3, S4) recovered strong support for the monophyly of Catocala+Ulotrichopus (UFBoot/SH-aLRT=100/100; node 1), African Ulotrichopus (node 2) and Catocala (node 3; Figures1, 2). Similarly, ASTRAL analyses recovered strong support for the monophyly of Catocala+Ulotrichopus (LPP=1), African Ulotrichopus (LPP=1) and Catocala (LPP=1; Figures S5, S6). The nucleotide analysis placed the Asian U. macula as sister to Catocala with moderate support (UFBoot/SH-aLRT=88/91.4). This relationship was also recovered in the ASTRALanalysis but with low support (LPP=0.73), while the amino acid analysis placed U. macula as sister to the African Ulotrichopus clade with moderate support (UFBoot/SH-aLRT=89/94.6). We did not findsupport for a paraphyletic relationship between Catocala and Ulotrichopus as indicated by Mitter and Silverfine (1988) and Kühne (2005). Our results suggest that Catocala and African Ulotrichopus may be monophyletic sister taxa.

i.e. (Catocala (U. macula (African Ulotrichopus)))

Phylogenomics resolves major relation... (引用)
hkmoths 於 2024年02月03日 09:54 所新增 | 由 hkmoths 於 2024年02月03日 所提交
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As a coauthor on the Homziak et al 2023 paper, I agree with @hkmoths that this taxonomic swap is appropriate at this time. However, I ask that users stay tuned for more developments as this study was just a start and included only 4 Ulotrichopus species. I've been working on this topic for over ten years and there is more to come.

發佈由 bob_borth 3 個月 前

I note that the Asian macula sits between Ulotrichopus from Africa and Catocala........ sitting on the proverbial fence!
closer to the African material if the genes are interpreted correctly, right? Do I get to read between the lines that macula may be placed in its own genus in due course?

發佈由 hkmoths 3 個月 前

Its on the fence now but we are waiting for some more DNA results (in progress) to verify its proper landing from the fence.

發佈由 bob_borth 3 個月 前

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