Relationships among coleopteran suborders and major endoneopteran lineages: Evidence from hind wing characters

Relationships among coleopteran suborders and major endoneopteran lineages: Evidence from hind wing characters

A phylogenetic analysis of the four coleopteran suborders (Polyphaga, Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga), four other endoneopteran taxa (Strepsiptera, Neuropterida, Mecopterida and Hymenoptera) and three neopteran outgroups (Orthoneoptera, Blattoneoptera and Hemineoptera) is performed based on 63...

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Main Authors: Jarmila KUKALOVÁ-PECK, John F. LAWRENCE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2004-03-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
Subjects:
coleoptera suborders
endopterygota
neoptera
endoneoptera lineages
insect wings
phylogeny
morphology
Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-200401-0018_Relationships_among_coleopteran_suborders_and_major_endoneopteran_lineages_Evidence_from_hind_wing_characters.php
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Summary:A phylogenetic analysis of the four coleopteran suborders (Polyphaga, Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga), four other endoneopteran taxa (Strepsiptera, Neuropterida, Mecopterida and Hymenoptera) and three neopteran outgroups (Orthoneoptera, Blattoneoptera and Hemineoptera) is performed based on 63 characters of hind wing venation, articulation and folding patterns, with character states coded for the groundplan of each taxon (not for exemplar genera or species). The shortest tree found using Winclada with Nona exhibits the following topology: Orthoneoptera + (Blattoneoptera + (Hemineoptera + Endoneoptera: (Hymenoptera + ((Neuropterida + Mecopterida) + (Coleoptera + Strepsiptera))))). Homologization of the hind wing venation in Coleoptera is reviewed and updated, and comments are made concerning recent works on wing folding. Recent phylogenetic schemes proposed for the orders of Endoneoptera and suborders of Coleoptera are reviewed and their supporting evidence critically examined. The special role and influence of the hind wing anojugal lobe on the diversification of Neoptera and Endoneoptera is discussed. A scenario is proposed for the origin and evolution of the insect hind wing.
ISSN:1210-5759
1802-8829

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