A new Neotropical genus of Blastini (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera': Psocidae: Amphigerontiinae)

Aldrete, Alfonso N. García; Román-P., Cristian

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4000.3.6

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“…Smithers, 1990) and recently published diagnoses (e.g. García- Aldrete and Román-P., 2015;Román-P. et al 2014;Yoshizawa, 1998). All voucher specimens used in this study are deposited in the Psocopteran collection of the Universidad del Valle, Colombia (Grupo de Investigaciones Entomológicas).…”

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Decolonizing Psocopteran Systematics: Holarctic Lineages Cannot Inform Diversity and Evolution in Tropics

Sarria-Rodríguez

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Despite tropical psocids comprise ~60% of species diversity within the Psocidae (Insecta, Psocodea), previous studies on the Psocidae phylogeny have poorly sampled tropical species (<40% species in trees). Here we discuss the evolution and systematics of the Psocidae based on the most comprehensive species-level sampling of the Psocidae. We sequenced and inferred the phylogenetic position of 43 previously unsampled Neotropical species from COI, H3, WNT, 18S, 16S, and 12S. Based on our phylogenies we found that Neotropical psocids are generally not closely related to morphologically similar taxa in the Holarctic region. Consequently, the monophyletic status for the major groups within Psocidae (subfamilies and tribes) is recovered only when Holarctic groups are sampled (7–10 of 11 higher-level groups are monophyletic) but violated when Neotropical species are included in the dataset (1 of 11 higher-level groups are monophyletic). Leveraging the largest phylogeny of the Psocidae, our study pinpoints the downfalls of simply extending taxonomic knowledge from lineages of a certain area to inform diversity and evolution of lineages in other regions.HighlightsTropical psocids comprise >60% of the extant family richnessPrevious phylogenies have undersampled Tropical psocidsHolarctic and Neotropical species are classified under the same morphological groupsHolarctic and Neotropical generally correspond to evolutionarily distinct lineagesPhylogenies based on Holarctic psocids poorly inform evolution in the Neotropics

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“…Nevertheless, diversity in the tropics is likely being greatly underestimated (e.g. Aldrete and Román-P, 2015;Román-Palacios et al 2016;Oliveira et al 2017). Species within the Psocidae are classified under three subfamilies and ten tribes (Johnson et al 2020;Lienhard and Smithers, 2002;Yoshizawa and Johnson, 2008).…”

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Decolonizing Psocopteran Systematics: Holarctic Lineages Cannot Inform Diversity and Evolution in Tropics

Sarria-Rodríguez

Obando

Rivera-Franco

et al. 2020

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Checklist of ‘Psocoptera’ (Psocodea) of Colombia and identification key to the families

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We present a list of 720 species of ‘Psocoptera’ recorded in Colombia, based on the examination of specimens deposited in the collections of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute and in the Entomological Museum of the Universidad del Valle. We include records of specimens recently collected in several National Natural Parks and other natural areas in Colombia. Species previously recorded in the literature are also listed here. The number of psocids recorded in Colombia until 2002 (79 species) corresponded to only 11.0% of what is currently known based on our study. We highlight that about 60% of the species recorded since 2010 were undescribed, 135 of which have been recently described by our research group. An identification key to the 28 psocid families known in Colombia is included. Even though psocids have been largely ignored from the taxonomic research in Colombia, we show that the group diversity is still to be uncovered in the country. Further studies must be conducted to understand the distribution of psocids among and within localities, and emphasize that additional extensive fieldwork is highly required.

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A new Neotropical genus of Blastini (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera': Psocidae: Amphigerontiinae)

Abstract: A monotypic genus of Psocidae (Amphigerontiinae: Blastini) from Santiago de Cali, Colombia, is here described and illustrated. It differs from Chaetopsocidus Badonnel, from the Páramo de Monserrate, near Bogotá, in having setae on the forewing veins.

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Decolonizing Psocopteran Systematics: Holarctic Lineages Cannot Inform Diversity and Evolution in Tropics

Decolonizing Psocopteran Systematics: Holarctic Lineages Cannot Inform Diversity and Evolution in Tropics

Checklist of ‘Psocoptera’ (Psocodea) of Colombia and identification key to the families

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