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Espeland M, Sjöberg T, Johanson KA. Description of 47 new species of the New Caledonian endemic caddisfly genus Agmina Ward & Schefter (Trichoptera, Ecnomidae). Zookeys 2020; 956:49-162. [PMID: 32855600 PMCID: PMC7426283 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.956.51592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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New Caledonia has a rich Trichoptera fauna with over 200 known species, most of them endemic. The total diversity has been estimated as high as 300 to 600 species. The endemic genus Agmina Ward & Schefter (Ecnomidae, Trichoptera) includes 28 described species. Based on male genitalia morphology and previously published molecular data another 47 new species in the genus are described, namely Agminatuberosasp. nov., A.semiovalesp. nov., A.rochetasp. nov., A.tenuisasp. nov., A.multidentatasp. nov., A.cornutasp. nov., A.sagittatasp. nov., A.circulatasp. nov., A.digitatasp. nov., A.longispinasp. nov., A.magnahamatasp. nov., A.longicordatasp. nov., A.campanulasp. nov., A.semicampanulasp. nov., A.cuniculasp. nov., A.cerritulasp. nov., A.monstrosasp. nov., A.rectangulatasp. nov., A.chelasp. nov., A.piscariasp. nov., A.amplexasp. nov., A.caraffa, sp. nov., A.rostratasp. nov., A.dathioensissp. nov., A.rougensissp. nov., A.viklundisp. nov., A.latasp. nov., A.falxsp. nov., A.guttulasp. nov., A.amieuensissp. nov., A.spinasp. nov., A.complexasp. nov., A.dognyensissp. nov., A.manasp. nov., A.anterohamatasp. nov., A.curvatacuasp. nov., A.recurvatasp. nov., A.taoensissp. nov., A.triangulatasp. nov., A.bleuensissp. nov., A.touhoensissp. nov., A.wardisp. nov., A.parallelasp. nov., A.christinaesp. nov., A.brevissp. nov., A.ninguanasp. nov., and A.scopulasp. nov. Additionally, new records are provide for the species A.acula Ward, 2003, A.artarima Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.berada Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.bimaculata Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.cheirella Ward, 2003, A.comata Ward, 2003, A.diriwi Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.hamata Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.hastata Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.hirta Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.jepiva Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.joycei Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.kapiwa Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.kara Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.mariae Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.nodosa Ward, 2003, A.panda Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.padi Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.parie Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.rhara Ward & Schefter, 2000, A.urugi Ward & Schefter, 2000, and A.vuegi Ward & Schefter, 2000. With a total of 75 described species Agmina is one of the largest animal radiations in New Caledonia. Nothing is known about the early stages of any of the species in this genus.
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- Marianne Espeland
- Arthropoda Department, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig Bonn Germany
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- Zoology Department, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden Swedish Museum of Natural History Stockholm Sweden
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- Zoology Department, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden Swedish Museum of Natural History Stockholm Sweden
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Platania L, Cardoso A, Gómez-Zurita J. Diversity and evolution of New Caledonian endemic Taophila subgenus Lapita (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Zool J Linn Soc 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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New Caledonia is an important biodiversity hotspot, where numerous plant and animal groups show high levels of species diversity and endemicity, while facing multiple threats to their habitats. Leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae illustrate this pattern, with species estimates higher than the number of described taxa and distribution ranges that are often consistent with microendemicity. In this study, we increase the knowledge of this group by focusing on the Taophila subgenus Lapita, known from three species but here expanded to eleven with eight new species: T. atlantis sp. nov., T. hermes sp. nov., T. kronos sp. nov., T. oceanica sp. nov., T. olympica sp. nov., T. ouranos sp. nov., T. riberai sp. nov., and T. tridentata sp. nov. Additionally, we infer the evolutionary history of the group using mtDNA markers (COI and rrnS). This phylogeny and the species distribution help hypothesize a model of evolution for this lineage in the context of historical climatic and geological changes of New Caledonia.
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- Leonardo Platania
- Animal Biodiversity and Evolution, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
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- Animal Biodiversity and Evolution, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
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- Animal Biodiversity and Evolution, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
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Binet MT, Adams MS, Gissi F, Golding LA, Schlekat CE, Garman ER, Merrington G, Stauber JL. Toxicity of nickel to tropical freshwater and sediment biota: A critical literature review and gap analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2018; 37:293-317. [PMID: 28975699 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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More than two-thirds of the world's nickel (Ni) lateritic deposits are in tropical regions, and just less than half are within South East Asia and Melanesia (SEAM). With increasing Ni mining and processing in SEAM, environmental risk assessment tools are required to ensure sustainable development. Currently, there are no tropical-specific water or sediment quality guideline values for Ni, and the appropriateness of applying guideline values derived for temperate systems (e.g., Europe) to tropical ecosystems is unknown. Databases of Ni toxicity and toxicity tests for tropical freshwater and sediment species were compiled. Nickel toxicity data were ranked, using a quality assessment, identifying data to potentially use to derive tropical-specific Ni guideline values. There were no data for Ni toxicity in tropical freshwater sediments. For tropical freshwaters, of 163 Ni toxicity values for 40 different species, high-quality chronic data, based on measured Ni concentrations, were found for just 4 species (1 microalga, 2 macrophytes, and 1 cnidarian), all of which were relevant to SEAM. These data were insufficient to calculate tropical-specific guideline values for long-term aquatic ecosystem protection in tropical regions. For derivation of high-reliability tropical- or SEAM-specific water and sediment quality guideline values, additional research effort is required. Using gap analysis, we recommend how research gaps could be filled. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:293-317. © 2017 SETAC.
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- Monique T Binet
- CSIRO Land and Water, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
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- CSIRO Land and Water, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
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- Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Nattier R, Pellens R, Robillard T, Jourdan H, Legendre F, Caesar M, Nel A, Grandcolas P. Updating the Phylogenetic Dating of New Caledonian Biodiversity with a Meta-analysis of the Available Evidence. Sci Rep 2017; 7:3705. [PMID: 28623347 PMCID: PMC5473893 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02964-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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For a long time, New Caledonia was considered a continental island, a fragment of Gondwana harbouring old clades that originated by vicariance and so were thought to be locally ancient. Recent molecular phylogenetic studies dating diversification and geological data indicating important events of submergence during the Paleocene and Eocene (until 37 Ma) brought evidence to dismiss this old hypothesis. In spite of this, some authors still insist on the idea of a local permanence of a Gondwanan biota, justifying this assumption through a complex scenario of survival by hopping to and from nearby and now-vanished islands. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature, we found 40 studies dating regional clades of diverse organisms and we used them to test the hypothesis that New Caledonian and inclusive Pacific island clades are older than 37 Ma. The results of this meta-analysis provide strong evidence for refuting the hypothesis of a Gondwanan refuge with a biota that originated by vicariance. Only a few inclusive Pacific clades (6 out of 40) were older than the oldest existing island. We suggest that these clades could have extinct members either on vanished islands or nearby continents, emphasizing the role of dispersal and extinction in shaping the present-day biota.
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- Romain Nattier
- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France.
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix Marseille Univ., Univ. Avignon, CNRS, IRD, Centre IRD Nouméa, BP A5, 98848, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France
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Anso J, Barrabé L, Desutter-Grandcolas L, Jourdan H, Grandcolas P, Dong J, Robillard T. Old Lineage on an Old Island: Pixibinthus, a New Cricket Genus Endemic to New Caledonia Shed Light on Gryllid Diversification in a Hotspot of Biodiversity. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150920. [PMID: 27027632 PMCID: PMC4814057 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Few studies have focused on the early colonization of New Caledonia by insects, after the re-emergence of the main island, 37 Myr ago. Here we investigate the mode and tempo of evolution of a new endemic cricket genus, Pixibinthus, recently discovered in southern New Caledonia. First we formally describe this new monotypic genus found exclusively in the open shrubby vegetation on metalliferous soils, named 'maquis minier', unique to New Caledonia. We then reconstruct a dated molecular phylogeny based on five mitochondrial and four nuclear loci in order to establish relationships of Pixibinthus within Eneopterinae crickets. Pixibinthus is recovered as the sister clade of the endemic genus Agnotecous, mostly rainforest-dwellers. Dating results show that the island colonization by their common ancestor occurred around 34.7 Myr, shortly after New Caledonia re-emergence. Pixibinthus and Agnotecous are then one of the oldest insect lineages documented so far for New Caledonia. This discovery highlights for the first time two clear-cut ecological specializations between sister clades, as Agnotecous is mainly found in rainforests with 19 species, whereas Pixibinthus is found in open habitats with a single documented species. The preference of Pixibinthus for open habitats and of Agnotecous for forest habitats nicely fits an acoustic specialization, either explained by differences in body size or in acoustic properties of their respective habitats. We hypothesize that landscape dynamics, linked to major past climatic events and recent change in fire regimes are possible causes for both present-day low diversity and rarity in genus Pixibinthus. The unique evolutionary history of this old New Caledonian lineage stresses the importance to increase our knowledge on the faunal biodiversity of 'maquis minier', in order to better understand the origin and past dynamics of New Caledonian biota.
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- Jérémy Anso
- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
- Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université UMR IRD 237 IMBE, Centre IRD Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie
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- Laboratoire de Botanique et d’Ecologie Végétales Appliquées, Herbarium NOU, UMR 123: botAnique et Modélisation de l’Architecture des Plantes et des vegetations (AMAP), Centre IRD Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie
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- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université UMR IRD 237 IMBE, Centre IRD Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie
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- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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Berman M, Austin CM, Burridge CP, Miller AD. Social structure and landscape genetics of the endemic New Caledonian ant Leptomyrmex pallens Emery, 1883 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae), in the context of fire-induced rainforest fragmentation. CONSERV GENET 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-016-0833-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wells A, Johanson KA. Review of New Caledonian species of Oxyethira Eaton, with description of 17 new species, and new records for Hydroptila Dalman and Hellyethira Neboiss (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae). Zookeys 2015:37-90. [PMID: 26692799 PMCID: PMC4668906 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.530.6047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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New Caledonian representation of the cosmopolitan genus Oxyethira Eaton is reviewed, with the description of new species bringing to 26 the total for the genus on the island. The species are referred to three subgenera: Trichoglene Neboiss (11 species), Pacificotrichia Kelley (13 species) and Dampfitrichia Ulmer (one species) and one species is unplaced to subgenus. A key is provided to Oxyethira species of New Caledonia. In addition, new records are given for two otherwise Australian species, Hydroptilalosida Mosely and Hellyethiramalleoforma Wells. Points marked on a series of small maps of New Caledonia indicate the site or sites at which the species were collected. This final paper in a series of generic revisions brings the hydroptilid fauna of the island of New Caledonia to 60 species, distributed in six genera.
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- Alice Wells
- Australian Biological Resources Study, PO Box 787, Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia
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- Zoology Department, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
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Zielske S, Haase M. Molecular phylogeny and a modified approach of character-based barcoding refining the taxonomy of New Caledonian freshwater gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea, Tateidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2015; 89:171-81. [PMID: 25929789 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 04/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The islands of New Caledonia represent one of the world's biodiversity hotspots with many endemic species including freshwater gastropods of the family Tateidae. A phylogenetic analysis based on the mitochondrial COI and 16S rRNA and the nuclear ITS2 genes revealed two cryptic genera, Crosseana gen. n. and Novacaledonia gen. n. In order to provide character-based diagnoses we modified a DNA barcoding approach identifying strings of pairwise diagnostic characters, i.e. alignment positions, at which two genera are alternatively fixed for different nucleotides. The combination or string of all pairwise diagnostic characters was unique for each genus. Inconsistent mitochondrial and nuclear topologies suggest that Hemistomia cockerelli Haase and Bouchet, 1998 and H. fabrorum Haase and Bouchet, 1998, two morphologically well-defined species, hybridize. The age of the most recent common ancestor of the New Caledonian radiation of Tateidae was estimated at 24.6±9.5 MY. These findings are in line with the notion that New Caledonia is rather a Darwinian island that was colonized after an extended phase of submergence - in case of the tateids probably from Australia - despite being a fragment of Gondwanaland.
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- Susan Zielske
- Vogelwarte, Zoological Institute and Museum, Greifswald University, Soldmannstr. 23, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
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- Vogelwarte, Zoological Institute and Museum, Greifswald University, Soldmannstr. 23, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
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Soldati L, Kergoat GJ, Clamens AL, Jourdan H, Jabbour-Zahab R, Condamine FL. Integrative taxonomy of New Caledonian beetles: species delimitation and definition of the Uloma isoceroides species group (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Ulomini), with the description of four new species. Zookeys 2014; 415:133-67. [PMID: 25009426 PMCID: PMC4089822 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.415.6623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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New Caledonia is an important biodiversity hotspot with much undocumented biodiversity, especially in many insect groups. Here we used an integrative approach to explore species diversity in the tenebrionid genus Uloma (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Ulomini), which encompasses about 150 species, of which 22 are known from New Caledonia. To do so, we focused on a morphologically homogeneous group by comparing museum specimens with material collected during several recent field trips. We also conducted molecular phylogenetic analyses based on a concatenated matrix of four mitochondrial and three nuclear genes for 46 specimens. The morphological study allowed us to discover and describe four new species that belong to the group of interest, the Uloma isoceroides group. Molecular analyses confirmed the species boundaries of several of the previously described species and established the validity of the four new species. The phylogenetic analyses also provided additional information on the evolutionary history of the group, highlighting that a species that was thought to be unrelated to the group was in fact a member of the same evolutionary lineage. Molecular species delimitation confirmed the status of the sampled species of the group and also suggested some hidden (cryptic) biodiversity for at least two species of the group. Altogether this integrative taxonomic approach has allowed us to better define the boundaries of the Uloma isoceroides species group, which comprises at least 10 species: Uloma isoceroides (Fauvel, 1904), Uloma opacipennis (Fauvel, 1904), Uloma caledonica Kaszab, 1982, Uloma paniei Kaszab, 1982, Uloma monteithi Kaszab, 1986, Uloma robusta Kaszab, 1986, Uloma clamensae sp. n., Uloma condaminei sp. n., Uloma jourdani sp. n., and Uloma kergoati sp. n. We advocate more studies on other New Caledonian groups, as we expect that much undocumented biodiversity can be unveiled through the use of similar approaches.
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- Laurent Soldati
- NRA, UMR 1062 CBGP (INRA, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Campus de Baillarguet, 34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- NRA, UMR 1062 CBGP (INRA, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Campus de Baillarguet, 34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- NRA, UMR 1062 CBGP (INRA, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro), Campus de Baillarguet, 34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- IRD, UMR 237 IMBE (IRD, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Université d’Avignon et des pays de Vaucluse), Centre IRD de Nouméa, 98848, Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie
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- CNRS, UMR 5175 CEFE (CNRS, Université Montpellier 2), 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier, France
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- CNRS, UMR 7641 CMAP (CNRS, École Polytechnique), Route de Saclay, 91128, Palaiseau, France
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Dijkstra KDB, Monaghan MT, Pauls SU. Freshwater biodiversity and aquatic insect diversification. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2014; 59:143-63. [PMID: 24160433 PMCID: PMC4816856 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-161958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Inland waters cover less than 1% of Earth's surface but harbor more than 6% of all insect species: Nearly 100,000 species from 12 orders spend one or more life stages in freshwater. Little is known about how this remarkable diversity arose, although allopatric speciation and ecological adaptation are thought to be primary mechanisms. Freshwater habitats are highly susceptible to environmental change and exhibit marked ecological gradients. Standing waters appear to harbor more dispersive species than running waters, but there is little understanding of how this fundamental ecological difference has affected diversification. In contrast to the lack of evolutionary studies, the ecology and habitat preferences of aquatic insects have been intensively studied, in part because of their widespread use as bioindicators. The combination of phylogenetics with the extensive ecological data provides a promising avenue for future research, making aquatic insects highly suitable models for the study of ecological diversification.
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- Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The
Netherlands, and University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom
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- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB),
12587 Berlin, Germany;
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- Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany and
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt,
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Berman M, Andersen AN, Hély C, Gaucherel C. Overview of the Distribution, Habitat Association and Impact of Exotic Ants on Native Ant Communities in New Caledonia. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67245. [PMID: 23840639 PMCID: PMC3693956 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ants are among the most ubiquitous and harmful invaders worldwide, but there are few regional studies of their relationships with habitat and native ant communities. New Caledonia has a unique and diverse ant fauna that is threatened by exotic ants, but broad-scale patterns of exotic and native ant community composition in relation to habitat remain poorly documented. We conducted a systematic baiting survey of 56 sites representing the main New Caledonian habitat types: rainforest on ultramafic soils (15 sites), rainforest on volcano-sedimentary soils (13), maquis shrubland (15), Melaleuca-dominated savannas (11) and Acacia spirorbis thickets (2). We collected a total of 49 species, 13 of which were exotic. Only five sites were free of exotic species, and these were all rainforest. The five most abundant exotic species differed in their habitat association, with Pheidole megacephala associated with rainforests, Brachymyrmex cf. obscurior with savanna, and Wasmannia auropunctata and Nylanderia vaga present in most habitats. Anoplolepis gracilipes occurred primarily in maquis-shrubland, which contrasts with its rainforest affinity elsewhere. Multivariate analysis of overall ant species composition showed strong differentiation of sites according to the distribution of exotic species, and these patterns were maintained at the genus and functional group levels. Native ant composition differed at invaded versus uninvaded rainforest sites, in the absence of differences in habitat variables. Generalised Myrmicinae and Forest Opportunists were particularly affected by invasion. There was a strong negative relationship between the abundance of W. auropunctata and native ant abundance and richness. This emphasizes that, in addition to dominating many ant communities numerically, some exotic species, and in particular W. auropunctata, have a marked impact on native ant communities.
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- Maïa Berman
- Ecosystem Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Winnellie, Northern Territory, Australia
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 0931 (botAnique et bioinforMatique de l’Architecture des Plantes), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
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- Ecosystem Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Winnellie, Northern Territory, Australia
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche 5059 (Centre de Bio-Archéologie et Ecologie), Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Laboratoire Paléoenvironnements et Chronoécologie, Montpellier, France
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- Unités Mixtes des Instituts Français de Recherche à l'Etranger 21, Institut Français de Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India
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Pabijan M, Wollenberg KC, Vences M. Small body size increases the regional differentiation of populations of tropical mantellid frogs (Anura: Mantellidae). J Evol Biol 2012; 25:2310-24. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02613.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Revised: 06/25/2012] [Accepted: 08/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Division of Evolutionary Biology; Zoological Institute; Technical University of Braunschweig; Braunschweig; Germany
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Johanson KA, Malm T, Espeland M, Weingartner E. Phylogeny of the Polycentropodidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) based on protein-coding genes reveal non-monophyletic genera. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2012; 65:126-35. [PMID: 22683564 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2011] [Revised: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 05/28/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
We tested the previous hypotheses of the phylogenetic position and monophyly of the caddisfly family Polycentropodidae. We also tested previous hypotheses about the internal generic relationship within the family by including 15 ingroup genera, many of them also represented by the genotype. All families that were previously taxonomically associated with the polycentropodids were included in the analysis. The total data set of 2225 bp representing sequences of combined nuclear and mitochondrial genes and 171 taxa, was analyzed using Bayesian inference. We found strong support for a monophyletic Polycentropodidae with Ecnomidae as the closest sister group. The recently erected families Kambaitipsychidae and Pseudoneureclipsidae were monophyletic and distantly related to the Polycentropodidae. Within Polycentropodidae, monophyly and validity of the genera Neucentropus, Neureclipsis, Cyrnus, Holocentropus, Tasmanoplegas, Pahamunaya, Cernotina and Cyrnellus was strongly supported, while the genera Polycentropus, Polyplectropus, Plectrocnemia, Placocentropus and Nyctiophylax were all polyphyletic. The New Caledonian species were polyphyletic and represented three distinct clades. The sister group to the New Caledonian clades are from Australia, New Zealand and Chile, respectively. The Vanuatu species evolved after dispersal from the Fiji Islands. New internal primers for cytochrome oxidase I sequences of Trichoptera are introduced.
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- Kjell Arne Johanson
- Entomology Department, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Espeland M, Murienne J. Diversity dynamics in New Caledonia: towards the end of the museum model? BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:254. [PMID: 21917169 PMCID: PMC3180384 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Accepted: 09/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The high diversity of New Caledonia has traditionally been seen as a result of its Gondwanan origin, old age and long isolation under stable climatic conditions (the museum model). Under this scenario, we would expect species diversification to follow a constant rate model. Alternatively, if New Caledonia was completely submerged after its breakup from Gondwana, as geological evidence indicates, we would expect species diversification to show a characteristic slowdown over time according to a diversity-dependent model where species accumulation decreases as space is filled. RESULTS We reanalyze available datasets for New Caledonia and reconstruct the phylogenies using standardized methodologies; we use two ultrametrization alternatives; and we take into account phylogenetic uncertainty as well as incomplete taxon sampling when conducting diversification rate constancy tests. Our results indicate that for 8 of the 9 available phylogenies, there is significant evidence for a diversification slowdown. For the youngest group under investigation, the apparent lack of evidence of a significant slowdown could be because we are still observing the early phase of a logistic growth (i.e. the clade may be too young to exhibit a change in diversification rates). CONCLUSIONS Our results are consistent with a diversity-dependent model of diversification in New Caledonia. In opposition to the museum model, our results provide additional evidence that original New Caledonian biodiversity was wiped out during the episode of submersion, providing an open and empty space facilitating evolutionary radiations.
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- Marianne Espeland
- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Department, Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm University, Department of Zoology, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Département Systématique et Évolution, UMR 7205, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 45 Rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
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Vuataz L, Sartori M, Wagner A, Monaghan MT. Toward a DNA taxonomy of Alpine Rhithrogena (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) using a mixed Yule-coalescent analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19728. [PMID: 21611178 PMCID: PMC3096624 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Aquatic larvae of many Rhithrogena mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
inhabit sensitive Alpine environments. A number of species are on the IUCN Red
List and many recognized species have restricted distributions and are of
conservation interest. Despite their ecological and conservation importance,
ambiguous morphological differences among closely related species suggest that
the current taxonomy may not accurately reflect the evolutionary diversity of
the group. Here we examined the species status of nearly 50% of European
Rhithrogena diversity using a widespread sampling scheme of
Alpine species that included 22 type localities, general mixed Yule-coalescent
(GMYC) model analysis of one standard mtDNA marker and one newly developed nDNA
marker, and morphological identification where possible. Using sequences from
533 individuals from 144 sampling localities, we observed significant clustering
of the mitochondrial (cox1) marker into 31 GMYC species.
Twenty-one of these could be identified based on the presence of topotypes
(expertly identified specimens from the species' type locality) or
unambiguous morphology. These results strongly suggest the presence of both
cryptic diversity and taxonomic oversplitting in Rhithrogena.
Significant clustering was not detected with protein-coding nuclear PEPCK,
although nine GMYC species were congruent with well supported terminal clusters
of nDNA. Lack of greater congruence in the two data sets may be the result of
incomplete sorting of ancestral polymorphism. Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of
both gene regions recovered four of the six recognized
Rhithrogena species groups in our samples as monophyletic.
Future development of more nuclear markers would facilitate multi-locus analysis
of unresolved, closely related species pairs. The DNA taxonomy developed here
lays the groundwork for a future revision of the important but cryptic
Rhithrogena genus in Europe.
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Malm T, Johanson KA. A new classification of the long-horned caddisflies (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) based on molecular data. BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:10. [PMID: 21226926 PMCID: PMC3030546 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 01/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Leptoceridae are among the three largest families of Trichoptera (caddisflies). The current classification is founded on a phylogenetic work from the 1980's, based on morphological characters from adult males, i.e. wing venation, tibial spur formula and genital morphology. In order to get a new opinion about the relationships within the family, we undertook a molecular study of the family based on sequences from five genes, mitochondrial COI and the four nuclear genes CAD, EF-1α, IDH and POL. RESULTS The resulting phylogenetic hypotheses are more or less congruent with the morphologically based classification, with most genera and tribes recovered as monophyletic, but with some major differences. For monophyly of the two subfamilies Triplectidinae and Leptocerinae, one tribe of each was removed and elevated to subfamily status; however monophyly of some genera and tribes is in question. All clades except Leptocerinae, were stable across different analysis methods. CONCLUSIONS We elevate the tribes Grumichellini and Leptorussini to subfamily status, Grumichellinae and Leptorussinae, respectively. We also propose the synonymies of Ptochoecetis with Oecetis and Condocerus with Hudsonema.
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- Tobias Malm
- Entomology Department, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 09 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Entomology Department, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
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