A novel reference dated phylogeny for the genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae): new insights into the evolution of a pest-rich genus

GJ Kergoat, PZ Goldstein, B Le Ru… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The noctuid genus Spodoptera currently consists of 31 species with varied host plant
breadths, ranging from monophagous and oligophagous non-pest species to polyphagous …

Paleogene forest fragmentation and out‐of‐Africa dispersal explain radiation of the Paleotropical dung beetle tribe Epactoidini trib. nov. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae)

M Rossini, V Grebennikov, T Merrien… - Systematic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Paleotropical clades with largely disjunct distributions are ideal models for biogeographic
reconstructions. The dung beetle genera Grebennikovius Mlambo, Scholtz & Deschodt …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography and diversification patterns of a diverse group of moths (Geometridae: Boarmiini)

L Murillo-Ramos, N Chazot, P Sihvonen… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding how and why some groups have become more species-rich than others, and
how past biogeography may have shaped their current distribution, are questions that …

Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)

EFA Toussaint Fls, MF Braby, CJ Müller… - Zoological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Trapezitinae skippers are restricted to Australia and New Guinea. Despite decades of
taxonomic work, their systematics and phylogeny remain little understood. To resolve the …

Predictors of sequence capture in a large-scale anchored phylogenomics project

R Nunes, C Storer, T Doleck, AY Kawahara… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have revolutionized phylogenomics by
decreasing the cost and time required to generate sequence data from multiple markers or …

Afrotropics on the wing: phylogenomics and historical biogeography of awl and policeman skippers

EFA Toussaint, H Chiba, M Yago… - Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Old‐World Tropics encompass many unique biomes and associated biotas
shaped by drastic climate and geological changes throughout the Cenozoic. Disjunct …

Adaptive radiation and speciation in Rhipicephalus ticks: A medley of novel hosts, nested predator-prey food webs, off-host periods and dispersal along temperature …

DK Bakkes, A Ropiquet, L Chitimia-Dobler… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rhipicephalus are a species-diverse genus of ticks, mainly distributed in the Afrotropics with
some species in the Palearctic and Oriental regions. Current taxonomic consensus comprise …

Biogeographic–tectonic calibration of 14 nodes in a butterfly timetree

M Heads, JR Grehan, J Nielsen, B Patrick - Cladistics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The butterfly subtribe Coenonymphina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) comprises four
main clades found, respectively, in (1) the Solomon Islands,(2) Australasia,(3) NW South …

Out of Asia: Intercontinental dispersals after the Eocene-Oligocene transition shaped the zoogeography of Limenitidinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

HY Tseng, H Chiba, DJ Lohman, SH Yen… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Most members of the nymphalid subfamily Limenitidinae are distributed in tropical regions of
Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Previous studies have inferred their higher-level phylogeny …

Genomics-based taxonomic rearrangement of Achlyodini and Carcharodini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae)

J Zhang, Q Cong, J Shen, L Song, NV Grishin - Insecta Mundi, 2024 - journals.flvc.org
Abstract Genomic analysis of Pyrginae Burmeister, 1878 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae
Latreille, 1809) with an emphasis on the tribes Achlyodini Burmeister, 1878 and …