Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)

Saux, Corrie; Fisher, Brian L.; Spicer, Greg S.

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.06.017

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“…Those subfamilies not analyzed include only a fraction (2.5%) of the known extant species. Our results are congruent with analyses of portions of the major ant lineages found in recent molecular studies (Astruc et al, 2004;Brady, 2003;Saux et al, 2004;Ward and Downie, 2005;. Morphologically, the monophyly of this family is supported by unique synapomorphies presented by Bolton (2003).…”

Section: Formicidaesupporting

confidence: 91%

“…The Poneromorph subfamily Amblyoponinae is distributed worldwide and consists of the tribe Amblyoponini and nine extant genera (Bolton, 1994(Bolton, , 2003Brown, 1960;Saux et al, 2004;Xu, 2000). These ants are mostly cryptobiotic obligatory predators that nest in soil or ground litter.…”

Section: Poneromorph Subfamiliesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Amblyoponinae have long been considered a "primitive" group of ants, with numerous character states that are thought to be relatively ancestral (plesiomorphic) (Brown, 1960;Hölldobler and Wilson, 1990;Wilson, 1971). But recent morphological and molecular analyses (Hashimoto, 1996;Saux et al, 2004;Ward, 1994) have challenged the basal placement of the tribe. Resolving the phylogenetic position of the Amblyoponinae will provide insights into the evolution of the Poneromorph families will provide insights into the evolution of the Poneromorph subfamilies.…”

Section: Poneromorph Subfamiliesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cladistic analyses of morphological data (Baroni Urbani et al, 1992), molecular data (Astruc et al, 2004;Saux et al, 2004;Ward and Brady, 2003;Ward and Downie, 2005;, and numerous diagnostic characteristics (Bolton, 2003), unequivocally support a monophyletic origin for ants. Relationships among the ants, however, are not well understood.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Bolton (2003) recently deWned the Poneromorph subfamilies to include six subfamilies (Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae, Paraponerinae, Ponerinae, Proceratiinae). Both morphological (Grimaldi et al, 1997;Hashimoto, 1996;Keller, 2000;Ward, 1994) and molecular studies (Saux et al, 2004;Sullender and Johnson, 1998;Ward and Brady, 2003;Ward and Downie, 2005) suggest the poneromorphs are paraphyletic but include only a subset of lineages that are thought to have diverged early on, near the base of the formicid tree. Bolton's work represents the most current and comprehensive morphological study of this group.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Molecular systematics of basal subfamilies of ants using 28S rRNA (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Ouellette

Fisher

Girman

2006

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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For many years, the ant subfamily Ponerinae was hypothesized to contain the basal (early branching) lineages of ants. Recently the Ponerinae were reclassiWed into six poneromorph subfamilies based on morphological analysis. We evaluate this new poneromorph classiWcation using 1240 base pairs of DNA sequence data obtained from 28S rRNA gene sequences of 68 terminal taxa. The molecular tree supported the monophyly of the ant family Formicidae, with 100% parsimony bootstrap (PB) support and posterior probabilities (PP) of 1.00, with the ant subfamily Leptanillinae as a sister group to all other ants (PB D 62, PP D 93). However, our analyses strongly support the polyphyly of the Poneromorph subfamilies (sensu Bolton). The Ectatomminae and Heteroponerinae are more closely related to the Formicoid subfamilies than to the rest of the poneromophs (PB D 96, PP D 100). The Amblyoponinae (PB D 52, PP D 96), Paraponerinae (PB D 100, PP D 100), Ponerinae (PB < 50, PP D 71), and Proceratiinae (PB D 98, PP D 100) appear as distinct lineages at the base of the tree and are identiWed as a poneroid grade. Monophyletic origins for the poneroid subfamilies Amblyoponinae, Paraponerinae, Ponerinae and Proceratiinae are supported in our analysis. However, the genus Platythyrea forms a distinct sister group to the Ponerini within the Ponerinae. The Heteroponerinae, based on our sample of Heteroponera, are associated with the subfamily Ectatomminae (PB D 98, PP D 100). Furthermore, our data indicate the genus Probolomyrmex belongs to the Proceratiinae as suggested by recent morphological analysis (PB 98, PP 100).

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Section: Formicidaesupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Poneromorph Subfamiliesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Poneromorph Subfamiliesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Molecular systematics of basal subfamilies of ants using 28S rRNA (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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2006

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New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Perrichot

Nel

Néraudeau

et al. 2007

Naturwissenschaften

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Recent studies on the ant phylogeny are mainly based on the molecular analyses of extant subfamilies and do not include the extinct, only Cretaceous subfamily Sphecomyrminae. However, the latter is of major importance for ant relationships, as it is considered the most basal subfamily. Therefore, each new discovery of a Mesozoic ant is of high interest for improving our understanding of their early history and basal relationships. In this paper, a new sphecomyrmine ant, allied to the Burmese amber genus Haidomyrmex, is described from mid-Cretaceous amber of France as Haidomyrmodes mammuthus gen. and sp. n. The diagnosis of the tribe Haidomyrmecini is emended based on the new type material, which includes a gyne (alate female) and two incomplete workers. The genus Sphecomyrmodes, hitherto known by a single species from Burmese amber, is also reported and a new species described as S. occidentalis sp. n. after two workers remarkably preserved in a single piece of Early Cenomanian French amber. The new fossils provide additional information on early ant diversity and relationships and demonstrate that the monophyly of the Sphecomyrminae, as currently defined, is still weakly supported.

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Guo

Yuan

Tao

et al. 2022

Conservation Genet Resour

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The modern concept of DNA-based barcoding for cataloguing biodiversity was proposed in 2003 by first adopting an approximately 600 bp fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene to compare via nucleotide alignments with known sequences from specimens previously identified by taxonomists. Other standardized regions meeting barcoding criteria then are also evolving as DNA barcodes for fast, reliable and inexpensive assessment of species composition across all forms of life, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria and other microorganisms. Consequently, global DNA barcoding campaigns have resulted in the formation of many online workbenches and databases, such as BOLD system, as barcode references, and facilitated the development of mini-barcodes and metabarcoding strategies as important extensions of barcode techniques. Here we intend to give an overview of the characteristics and features of these barcode markers and major reference libraries existing for barcoding the planet’s life, as well as to address the limitations and opportunities of DNA barcodes to an increasingly broader community of science and society.

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Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)

Cited by 69 publications

References 46 publications

Molecular systematics of basal subfamilies of ants using 28S rRNA (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Molecular systematics of basal subfamilies of ants using 28S rRNA (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Life barcoded by DNA barcodes

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