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Lin RJ, Lin YC, Braby MF, Zwick A, Hsu YF. Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of silkmoths (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) suggest an origin in Southern Gondwana. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2024; 200:108176. [PMID: 39128794 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 08/04/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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Silkmoths (Bombycidae) have a disjunct distribution predominantly in the Southern Hemisphere and Asia. Here we reconstruct the phylogenetic history of the family to test competing hypotheses on their origin and assess how vicariance and long-distance dispersal shaped their current distribution. We sequenced up to 5,074 base pairs from six loci (COI, EF1-α, wgl, CAD, GAPDH, and RpS5) to infer the historical biogeography of Bombycidae. The multilocus dataset covering 20 genera (80 %) of the family, including 17 genera (94 %) of Bombycinae and 3 genera (43 %) of Epiinae, was used to estimate phylogenetic patterns, divergence times and biogeographic reconstruction. Dating estimates extrapolated from secondary calibration sources indicate the Bombycidae stem-group originated approximately 64 Mya. The subfamilies Epiinae (South America) and Bombycinae (Australia, Asia, East Palaearctic, and Africa) were reciprocally monophyletic, diverging at c. 56 Mya (95 % credibility interval: 66-46 Mya). The 'basal' lineage of Bombycinae - Gastridiota + Elachyophtalma - split from the rest of Bombycinae c. 53 Mya (95 % credibility interval: 63-43 Mya). Gastridiota is a monobasic genus with a relictual distribution in subtropical forests of eastern Australia. The Oriental and African genera comprised a monophyletic group: the Oriental region was inferred to have been colonized from a long-distance dispersal event from Australia to South-East Asia c. 53 Mya or possibly later (c. 36-26 Mya); Africa was subsequently colonized by dispersal from Asia c. 16 Mya (95 % credibility interval: 21-12 Mya). Based on the strongly supported phylogenetic relationships and estimates of divergence times, we conclude that Bombycidae had its origin in the fragment of Southern Gondwana consisting of Australia, Antarctica and South America during the Paleocene. The disjunction between South America (Epiinae) and Australia (Bombycinae) is best explained by vicariance in the Eocene, whereas the disjunct distribution in Asia and Africa is best explained by more recent dispersal events.
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- Rung-Juen Lin
- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 Ting-Chow Rd, Sec 4, Taipei 116, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, 8 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 10041, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 Ting-Chow Rd, Sec 4, Taipei 116, Taiwan
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia; The Australian National Insect Collection, National Research Collections Australia, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- The Australian National Insect Collection, National Research Collections Australia, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, 88 Ting-Chow Rd, Sec 4, Taipei 116, Taiwan.
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Deng M, Liao CQ, Chen Q, Huang GH, Wang X. Phylogenetic relationships among Bombycinae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea, and Bombycidae) based on mitochondrial genomes. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 111:e21889. [PMID: 35349185 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The subfamily Bombycinae Latreille, [1802] is an important silk-producing group, including well-known economical insects. Although there are many studies on the development of these economic insects, the relationships between genera/species of this subfamily are still unclear. Two data sets of mitochondrial genomes, 13 protein-coding genes (13PCGs) and 13PCGs-AA, were used to estimate phylogenetic relationships based on the maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods. The results strongly support the subfamily Bombycinae as a monophyletic group divided into two clades.
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- Min Deng
- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology and Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology and Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology and Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology and Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- College of Science, Qiongtai Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Orlandin E, Piovesan M, Carneiro E. Biological and morphological aspects of Drepatelodes Draudt, 1929, the genus sister to all other Apatelodidae (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea). STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2021.2003585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Elton Orlandin
- Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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Li HL, Wang XY, Zheng XL, Lu W. Research Progress on Oviposition-Related Genes in Insects. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2020; 20:6047614. [PMID: 33367730 PMCID: PMC7759734 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieaa137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Oviposition-related genes have remained a consistent focus of insect molecular biology. Previous research has gradually clarified our mechanistic understanding of oviposition-related genes, including those related to oviposition-gland-related genes, oogenesis-related genes, oviposition-site-selection-related genes, and genes related to ovulation and hatching. Moreover, some of this research has revealed how the expression of single oviposition-related genes affects the expression of related genes, and more importantly, how individual node genes function to link the expression of upstream and downstream genes. However, the research to date is not sufficient to completely explain the overall interactions among the genes of the insect oviposition system. Through a literature review of a large number of studies, this review provides references for future research on oviposition-related genes in insects and the use of RNAi or CRISPR/Cas9 technology to verify the functions of oviposition-related genes and to prevent and control harmful insects.
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- Hai-Lin Li
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
- Corresponding author, e-mail:
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Park J, Xi H, Park J. The complete mitochondrial genome of Rotunda rotundapex (Miyata & Kishida, 1990) (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2019; 5:355-357. [PMID: 33366554 PMCID: PMC7748697 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1703589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Rotunda rotundapex (Miyata & Kishida, 1990) is a silk moth identified in Korea. We completed its mitochondrial genome which is 15,298 bp long and the shortest mitogenome of Bombycidae s.str. It includes 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and a control region. Comparison with COI sequence of Taiwan isolate suggests the Korean population of this species can be a novel species. Gene order of R. rotundapex mitogenome is conserved as in other Bombycidae species. Phylogenetic trees show that R. rotundapex is closely related to genus Rondotia.
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- Jonghyun Park
- InfoBoss Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea.,InfoBoss Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- InfoBoss Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea.,InfoBoss Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- InfoBoss Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea.,InfoBoss Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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