Evolutionary patterns of hind wing morphology in dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae)

Bai, Ming; Beutel, Rolf G.; Song, Ke-Qing; Liu, Wangang; Malqin, Hinggan; Li, Sha; Hu, Xiaoyan; Yang, Xingke

doi:10.1016/j.asd.2012.05.004

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“…According to previous studies on butterflies, a narrowed wing type is more efficient for flapping low‐level flights . In beetles, only studies regarding the flight morphology and evolution of wings have been performed . Experimental studies on migration that is specifically connected with wing shape adaptations are needed in order to gain a better understanding of flight performance and its influence on invasiveness.…”

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Monitoring techniques of the western corn rootworm are the precursor to effective IPM strategies

Lemić

Mikac

Kozina³

et al. 2015

Pest. Manag. Sci.

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Traditional population metric surveys are important in WCR integrated pest management (IPM), as such surveys can be effectively used to predict population abundances. Novel-use monitoring techniques such as genetics and geometric morphometrics can be used to provide valuable information on variation within and among populations. The monitoring techniques presented herein provide sound data to assist in the understanding of both WCR ecology and population genetics and may provide more information than that currently available using traditional techniques (e.g. sticky traps), and as such these additional techniques should be written into IPM for WCR.

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Monitoring techniques of the western corn rootworm are the precursor to effective IPM strategies

Lemić

Mikac

Kozina³

et al. 2015

Pest. Manag. Sci.

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“…Partial warps, which are the eigenvectors of the bending energy matrix ordered, from the thin-plate spline plus the uniform shape components (Rohlf & Bookstein 2003), are a convenient set of shape variables that can be interpreted as axes for this space. Scores on these axes can then be treated as multivariate data representing shape, and can be used in conventional multivariate analyses (Caldecutt & Adams 1998;Bookstein et al 1999;Adams & Rohlf 2000;Bai et al 2010Bai et al , 2011Bai et al , 2012Gharaibeh et al 2000;Klingenberg & Leamy 2001;Rüber & Adams 2001). Differences in shape among objects can be described not only as a plot, but also in tree form via cluster analysis.…”

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Insect morphology in the age of phylogenomics: innovative techniques and its future role in systematics

Friedrich

Matsumura

Pohl

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Entomological Science

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A brief account of the history of insect morphology is given. Different techniques and analytical methods used in current projects on insect morphology and phylogeny and their optimized combined application are described. These include fixation, dissection, maceration, histology (microtome sectioning), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), serial block-face scanning electron microscopy (SBFSEM), focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM), confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), bleaching, micro-computed tomography (μCT), computer-based three-dimensional reconstruction, focus stacking of digital images, geometric morphometrics and the storage of morphological metadata. The role of insect morphology in the "age of phylogenomics" is discussed.

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“…In contrast, relatively few such studies have focused on insects. Prominent exceptions include analyses of wing‐shape divergence to distinguish among closely related species (Villegas, Feliciangeli & Dujardin, ; Gumiel et al ., ; Villemant, Simbolotti & Kenis, ; Francuski et al ., ; Yee, Sheets & Chapman, ; Lee and Lin, ), the analysis of metendosternite variation to infer relationships among higher Scarabaeoidea (Pretorius, Phillips & Scholtz, ; Pretorius & Scholtz, ), the use of wing‐shape variability to show that developmental processes do not control fluctuating asymmetry (Klingenberg & McIntyre, ), the use of relative warp analysis to study intraspecific variation in hymenopteran genital capsules (Querino, Moraes & Zucchi, ), analysis of sexual dimorphism in wings (Pretorius, ; Albutra, Torres & Demayo, ), a study that revealed the taxonomic affinity of halictid bee fossils (Meulemeester et al ., ), and a study that elucidated evolutionary patterns in dung beetle hind wings (Bai et al ., ).…”

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Geometric morphometrics as a tool for interpreting evolutionary transitions in the black fly wing (Diptera: Simuliidae)

2013

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A geometric morphometric analysis was conducted on wing‐vein landmarks on exemplar species of the family Simuliidae of the following genera: Parasimulium, Gymnopais, Twinnia, Helodon, Prosimulium, Greniera, Stegopterna, Tlalocomyia, Cnephia, Ectemnia, Metacnephia, Austrosimulium, and Simulium. Generalized least squares superimposition was performed on landmarks, followed by a principal component analysis on resulting Procrustes distances. Patterns of shape change along the principal component axes were visualized using the thin‐plate spline. The analysis revealed wing shape diversity through (1) the insertion points of the subcosta and R1, resulting in the terminus of the costa exhibiting a trend towards a more apical position on the wing, and (2) the insertion point of the humeral cross vein, resulting in the anterior branch of the media exhibiting a trend toward a more basal position on the wing. Canonical variates analysis of Procrustes distances successfully assigned all exemplar species into their a priori taxonomic groupings. The diversity in wing shape reveals a trend towards decreased length of basal radial cell and increased costalization of anterior wing veins in the evolutionary transition from plesiomorphic prosimuliines to more derived simuliines. The functional significance of these evolutionary transitions is discussed. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London

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Evolutionary patterns of hind wing morphology in dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae)

Cited by 31 publications

References 21 publications

Monitoring techniques of the western corn rootworm are the precursor to effective IPM strategies

Monitoring techniques of the western corn rootworm are the precursor to effective IPM strategies

Insect morphology in the age of phylogenomics: innovative techniques and its future role in systematics

Geometric morphometrics as a tool for interpreting evolutionary transitions in the black fly wing (Diptera: Simuliidae)

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