Differentiation in stag beetles, Neolucanus swinhoei complex (Coleoptera: Lucanidae): Four major lineages caused by periodical Pleistocene glaciations and separation by a mountain range

Tsai, Cheng-Lung; Wan, Xia; Yeh, Wen‐Bin

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.004

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“…The protocol was modified according to Tsai et al (2014). The primer sets used to amplify the mitochondrial COI gene are listed (Table 1).…”

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“…In addition, previous authors have noted that variations in body color and antennomeres may be the result of local adaptation that is not indicative of species boundaries (Kurachi et al 2002, Nahrung and Allen 2005, Quinzin and Mardulyn 2014). Molecular approaches have been applied broadly in systematics of various insects and have fueled taxonomic debates about species recognition, especially when morphological characters are insufficient (Brown et al 2012, Kumar et al 2012; Lee et al 2013, Lees et al 2014, Park et al 2011, Tsai et al 2014). Sequences data from (COI)cytochrome oxidase subunit I , a small fragment of mitochondrial DNA, have been viewed as efficient markers in Chrysomelidae and have been exploited to resolve debates in identification (Germain et al 2013, Kubisz et al 2012, Lopes et al 2015) and elucidate species complex phylogenetics (Quinzin and Mardulyn 2014).…”

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Revision of Mandarella Duvivier from Taiwan, with a new species, new synonymies and identities of highly variable species (Insecta, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Lee

Tsai

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Taiwanese species of Mandarella Duvivier are compared on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence. Only three of eleven morphospecies are considered to be valid. Mandarella uenoi (Kimoto, 1969) is transferred from the genus Luperus Geoffroy. Stenoluperus taiwanus Kimoto, 1991 and Stenoluperus kimotoi Döberl, 2001 are synonymized with Mandarella uenoi. Taiwanese records of Stenoluperus tibialis Chen, 1942, Stenoluperus nipponensis Laboissière, 1913, and Stenoluperus potanini (Weise, 1889) were based on misidentifications and represent Mandarella uenoi. The Taiwanese population previously erroneously identified as Stenoluperus pallipes Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963 is here described as a new species, Mandarella tsoui sp. n., Stenoluperus esakii Kimoto, 1969, Stenoluperus matsumurai Takizawa, 1978, and Mandarella taiwanensis Medvedev, 2012 are synonymized with Mandarella flaviventris (Chen, 1942).

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“…The protocol was modified according to Tsai et al (2014). The primer sets used to amplify the mitochondrial COI gene are listed (Table 1).…”

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confidence: 99%

Revision of Mandarella Duvivier from Taiwan, with a new species, new synonymies and identities of highly variable species (Insecta, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

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Tsai

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“…; Tsai et al. ). The repeated glaciation events during Pleistocene would have affected the migratory routes and increased the complexity upon population differentiation of the alpine adaptive organisms.…”

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A comparative phylogeographic study reveals discordant evolutionary histories of alpine ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

Weng

Yang

Yeh

2016

Ecology and Evolution

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Taiwan, an island with three major mountain ranges, provides an ideal topography to study mountain–island effect on organisms that would be diversified in the isolation areas. Glaciations, however, might drive these organisms to lower elevations, causing gene flow among previously isolated populations. Two hypotheses have been proposed to depict the possible refugia for alpine organisms during glaciations. Nunatak hypothesis suggests that alpine species might have stayed in situ in high mountain areas during glaciations. Massif de refuge, on the other hand, proposes that alpine species might have migrated to lower ice‐free areas. By sampling five sympatric carabid species of Nebria and Leistus, and using two mitochondrial genes and two nuclear genes, we evaluated the mountain–island effect on alpine carabids and tested the two proposed hypotheses with comparative phylogeographic method. Results from the phylogenetic relationships, network analysis, lineage calibration, and genetic structure indicate that the deep divergence among populations in all L. smetanai, N. formosana, and N. niitakana was subjected to long‐term isolation, a phenomenon in agreement with the nunatak hypothesis. However, genetic admixture among populations of N. uenoiana and some populations of L. nokoensis complex suggests that gene flow occurred during glaciations, as a massif de refuge depicts. The speciation event in N. niitakana is estimated to have occurred before 1.89 million years ago (Mya), while differentiation among isolated populations in N. niitakana, N. formosana, L. smetanai, and L. nokoensis complex might have taken place during 0.65–1.65 Mya. While each of the alpine carabids arriving in Taiwan during different glaciation events acquired its evolutionary history, all of them had confronted the existing mountain ranges.

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“…Hosoya and Araya (2005) reconstructed the first molecular phylogeny of stag beetles (based on the molecular markers cox1 and rrnL ) although using a small data set of only Japanese species. There has been particular attention to species delimitation and conservation of lucanids from Japan and Taiwan Island, partly because these beetles are popular as pets in these places (Huang and Lin 2010, Kubota et al 2011, Lin et al 2011, Tsai et al 2014, Tsai and Yeh 2016). Kim and Farrell (2015) performed the first comprehensive phylogenetic study, and revealed a Gondwanan origin of Darwin’s stag beetle.…”

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New Mitogenomes of Two Chinese Stag Beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) and Their Implications for Systematics

Lin

Song

Teng

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Journal of Insect Science

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Although conspicuous and well-studied, stag beetles have been slow to join the genomic era. In this study, mitochondrial genomes of two stag beetles, Sinodendron yunnanense and Prosopocoilus confucius, are sequenced for the first time. Both of their genomes consisted of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), 2 ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), and a control region. The mitogenome of S. yunnanense was 16,921 bp in length, and P. confucius was 16,951 bp. The location of the gene trnL(UUR), between the A + T–rich and control region in S. yunnanense, is the first observed in Lucanidae. In P. confucius, an unexpected noncoding region of 580 bp was discovered. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference on the 13 mitochondrial PCGs were used to infer the phylogenetic relationships among 12 representative stag beetles and three scarab beetles. The topology of the two phylogenetic trees was almost identical: S. yunnanense was recovered as the most basal Lucanid, and the genus Prosopocoilus was polyphyletic due to P. gracilis being recovered sister to the genera Dorcus and Hemisodorcus. The phylogenetic results, genetic distances and mitogenomic characteristics call into question the cohesion of the genus Prosopocoilus. The genetic resources and findings herein attempts to redress understudied systematics and mitogenomics of the stag beetles.

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Differentiation in stag beetles, Neolucanus swinhoei complex (Coleoptera: Lucanidae): Four major lineages caused by periodical Pleistocene glaciations and separation by a mountain range

Cited by 18 publications

References 40 publications

Revision of Mandarella Duvivier from Taiwan, with a new species, new synonymies and identities of highly variable species (Insecta, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Revision of Mandarella Duvivier from Taiwan, with a new species, new synonymies and identities of highly variable species (Insecta, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

A comparative phylogeographic study reveals discordant evolutionary histories of alpine ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

New Mitogenomes of Two Chinese Stag Beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) and Their Implications for Systematics

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