Inordinate fondness multiplied and redistributed: the number of species on earth and the new pie of life

BB Larsen, EC Miller, MK Rhodes… - The Quarterly Review …, 2017‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
The number of species on Earth is one of the most fundamental numbers in science, but one
that remains highly uncertain. Clearly, more species exist than the present number of …

The phylogeographic shortfall in hexapods: a lot of leg work remaining

JD Satler, BC Carstens, RC Garrick… - Insect Systematics and …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
In the 21st century, phylogeography has experienced dramatic growth in the data and
methods used by the field. Insect (more generally, hexapod) phylogeography has …

Climatic oscillation promoted diversification of spinous assassin bugs during Pleistocene glaciation

Z Du, Q Zhao, X Wang, T Sota, L Tian… - Evolutionary …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Insect speciation is among the most fascinating topics in evolutionary biology; however, its
underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Allopatric speciation represents one of the major …

Phylogeography and species delimitation of the Asian cavity-nesting honeybees

YC Su, YF Chiu, N Warrit, GW Otis… - Insect Systematics and …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
We examine phylogenetic relationships among species and populations of Asian cavity-
nesting honeybees, emphasizing detection of potential unrecognized species in the …

Parallel evolution of an alpine type ecomorph in a scorpionfly: Independent adaptation to high‐altitude environments in multiple mountain locations

T Suzuki, N Suzuki, K Tojo - Molecular Ecology, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Elucidation of the diversification process of organisms is one of the important tasks of
biology. From the viewpoint of species diversity, insects are the most successful group …

Slowly dispersing neotenic beetles can speciate on a penny coin and generate space-limited diversity in the tropical mountains

TC Bray, L Bocak - Scientific Reports, 2016‏ - nature.com
We demonstrate the controversial origin of a biological species within an area of a few
kilometres in the absence of physical barriers. We employed nuclear rRNA/mitochondrial …

Complex inter‐island colonization and peripatric founder speciation promote diversification of flightless Pachyrhynchus weevils in the Taiwan–Luzon volcanic belt

HY Tseng, WS Huang, ML Jeng… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim We investigated the spatial and temporal patterns of diversification among colourful and
flightless weevils, the Pachyrhynchus orbifer complex, to test the step**‐stone hypothesis …

Recent Range Expansion and Genomic Admixture in a Kleptoparasitic Spider, Argyrodes lanyuensis: A Case of Adaptive Introgression on Small, Isolated Islands of …

MA Responte, CY Wu, NU Elias, RM Brown… - Molecular …, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
Adaptive introgression involves the acquisition of advantageous genetic variants through
hybridisation, which are subsequently favoured by natural selection due to their association …

A novel approach to time-slicing areas within biogeographic-area classifications: Wallacea as an example

AR King, MC Ebach - Australian Systematic Botany, 2018‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Time-slicing of areas is a novel biogeographic method that helps resolve conflicting area
relationships and assess temporal overlap as an explanation for the conflict. The method …

Range Expansion of the Small Carpenter Bee Ceratina smaragdula across the Hawaiian Archipelago with Potential Ecological Implications for Native Pollinator …

WA Shell, SM Rehan - Pacific Science, 2017‏ - BioOne
Invasive bee species may have a widely detrimental impact on their novel host ecosystem.
Introduced bees can rapidly disrupt native plant-pollinator mutualisms through competition …