Insect Radiations on Islands: Biogeographic Pattern and Evolutionary Process in Hawaiian Insects

Hembry, David H.; Bennett, Gordon M.; Bess, Emilie; Cooper, Idelle A.; Jordan, Steve; Liebherr, James K.; Magnacca, Karl N.; Percy, Diana M.; Polhemus, Dan A.; Rubinoff, Daniel; Shaw, Kerry L.; O’Grady, Patrick M.

doi:10.1086/717787

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“…Nasuia deltocephalinicola” ( Betaproteobacteria ; hereafter Nasuia ) lineages from insect sister species belonging to the endemic Hawaiian leafhopper genus, Nesophrosyne (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). Nesophrosyne is one of the largest insect adaptive radiations in Hawaii ( Hembry et al., 2021 ). It originated ∼3.2 million years ago, rapidly diversifying into over 200 species that specialize in endemic plant species in a one-to-one fashion ( Zimmerman, 1948 ; Bennett and O’Grady, 2012 , 2013 ).…”

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A complex interplay of evolutionary forces continues to shape ancient co-occurring symbiont genomes

Vasquez

Bennett

2022

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A complex interplay of evolutionary forces continues to shape ancient co-occurring symbiont genomes

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Bennett

2022

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“…Thus, colonization of the Samoa Archipelago might have occurred at a location much closer to Fiji and New Caledonia, and Trigonopterus could have persisted over time by dispersing from old volcanoes to newer ones, each providing suitable habitat for a limited period of time, all the while moving further east on the Pacific Plate. Such a biogeographic scenario is compatible with the ‘progression rule' – lineage‐specific taxonomic diversification that tracks island age in a linear archipelago (Funk and Wagner 1995, Hembry et al 2021).…”

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Beetle evolution illuminates the geological history of the World's most diverse tropical archipelago

Letsch,

Balke,

Kusy

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Ecography

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The geologically‐complex Indo–Australian–Melanesian archipelago (IAMA) hosts extraordinarily high levels of species richness and endemism and has long served as a natural laboratory for studying biogeography and evolution. Nonetheless, its geological history and the provenance and evolution of its biodiversity remain poorly understood. Here, we provide a geological scenario for the IAMA informed by a time‐calibrated molecular phylogeny of 1006 species of Trigonopterus weevils – an exceptionally diverse radiation of regionally‐endemic flightless beetles. Moreover, we performed a statistical biogeographic analysis and examined timing and patterns in the accumulation of lineages residing in a priori‐defined geographic units comprising the IAMA. We estimate that Trigonopterus originated in Australia during the early Paleogene. Subsequent rapid diversification in the area of the present‐day Papuan Peninsula suggests the presence of proto‐Papuan islands by the middle Eocene; the New Guinea North Coast Ranges were colonized in the late Eocene, followed by the New Guinea Highlands and the Bird's Head Peninsula. We inferred the presence of terrestrial habitat in the North Moluccas and Sulawesi in the late Oligocene and the subsequent rapid colonization of Sundaland and the Lesser Sunda Islands. New Caledonia and Samoa were colonized from the Papuan Peninsula, and their faunas also diverged in the late Oligocene. These biota‐informed time estimates are compatible with geological data from the region and shed new light on IAMA paleogeography, even where geological evidence has been lost to erosion. Beetle evolution thus appears to have closely tracked the geological evolution of the IAMA, revealing a uniquely well‐resolved view of regional biogeography.

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“…Tangential evidence from our dated phylogeny for the Telmatogeton radiation infers that the group has been marine from the basal node, since at least the late Cretaceous. Entry to freshwaters in the Hawai'ian island chain can date only to 5.1 Ma (Gillespie & Roderick, 2002) and it is parsimonious to infer a transition from ancient marine to more recent entry to freshwater as the Hawai'ian archipelago became available for colonization (Hembry et al, 2021).…”

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Maritime midge radiations in the Pacific Ocean (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Tang

Cheng

Krosch

et al. 2022

Systematic Entomology

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Maritime chironomid midges (Diptera) are diverse, yet these 'pearls of the ocean' are little known. Emphasizing Pacific Ocean taxa, we used six genetic markers (18S, 28S, CAD1, CAD4, FolCOI and COI) and fossil calibrations to produce Bayesian timecalibrated phylogenies to date eight independent marine transitions in three subfamilies. Deep nodes involve subfamily Telmatogetoninae (originating mid-Cretaceous, 101-128, 114 Ma), with sister genera Telmatogeton Schiner and Thalassomya Schiner splitting later in the Cretaceous (56-82, 69 Ma). Two transitions in Orthocladiinae involve Clunio Haliday and Pseudosmittia Edwards, dating from the upper Cretaceous, both with Eocene crown groups. In subfamily Chironominae, transitions to marine occur in two tribes. Four transitions occur within the otherwise nonmarine crown groups Kiefferulus Goetghebuer, Dicrotendipes Kieffer, Polypedilum Kieffer and Ainuyusurika Sasa & Shirasaka. Two separate robust clades in tribe Tanytarsini involve: (1) a minor radiation within Paratanytarsus dated to the mid-Eocene around 43 Ma; and (2) an unexpected but fully supported diversification in Pontomyia Edwards plus Yaetanytarsus Sasa dated to around 47 Ma, with separation of Pontomyia from Yaetanytarsus around 40 Ma. Crown Pontomyia, represented by three species, was estimated to have diverged around 19 Ma, whereas the crown radiation of Yaetanytarsus, with 12 sampled species, dates to the mid-Eocene. In a comprehensive global review we concisely document new synonymies and new combinations revealed by the study. The evolutionary timing estimate provides insights into the frequency of marine transitions and diversifications in the Chironomidae in association with dynamic oceanic changes during the Oligocene and Miocene.

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Insect Radiations on Islands: Biogeographic Pattern and Evolutionary Process in Hawaiian Insects

Cited by 13 publications

References 165 publications

A complex interplay of evolutionary forces continues to shape ancient co-occurring symbiont genomes

A complex interplay of evolutionary forces continues to shape ancient co-occurring symbiont genomes

Beetle evolution illuminates the geological history of the World's most diverse tropical archipelago

Maritime midge radiations in the Pacific Ocean (Diptera: Chironomidae)

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