PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL OF SUBSETS OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE GENUS ERYTHEMIS (ANISOPTERA: LIBELLULIDAE)

Erythemis Hagen, 1861 shows a considerable variation in genitalic characters, body coloration and wing venation. Since it is known that these traits are affected by different kinds of selection that probably blur their phylogenetic signal, we chose the genus Erythemis as a model taxon to analyze and...

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Main Authors: FREDY PALACINO-RODRÍGUEZ, ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ-SORIANO, CARLOS EDUARDO SARMIENTO
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ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ-SORIANO
CARLOS EDUARDO SARMIENTO
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description Erythemis Hagen, 1861 shows a considerable variation in genitalic characters, body coloration and wing venation. Since it is known that these traits are affected by different kinds of selection that probably blur their phylogenetic signal, we chose the genus Erythemis as a model taxon to analyze and compare the phylogenetic signal of these and other morphologic characters. A cladistic analysis was performed using ten species of the genus plus another seventeen species of Libellulidae as outgroup. Characters were defined following standard criteria and were managed using the software DELTA. Tree search was performed with the software NONA. Partitioned and combined analyses were conducted. Character tracking of characters with ri=100 was used to identify synapomorphies. In agreement with the literature, color characters provided strong phylogenetic signal, meanwhile, genitalia characters offered no synapomorphies. We did not find any character that could support the monophyly of Erythemis. The only clade that has strong support from the morphologic set of characters is (E. vesiculosa, (E. simplicicollis, E. collocata)). Contrary to the results found in other Odonata, wing characters offered synapomorphies for some Erythemis clades.
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spelling doaj-art-aeb66b8599f84856a27d64bd1a2910ae2025-08-20T02:08:11ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaCaldasia0366-52322014-06-013618510610.15446/caldasia.v36n1.43893S0366-52322014000100007PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL OF SUBSETS OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE GENUS ERYTHEMIS (ANISOPTERA: LIBELLULIDAE)FREDY PALACINO-RODRÍGUEZ0ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ-SORIANO1CARLOS EDUARDO SARMIENTO2Universidad Nacional de ColombiaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaErythemis Hagen, 1861 shows a considerable variation in genitalic characters, body coloration and wing venation. Since it is known that these traits are affected by different kinds of selection that probably blur their phylogenetic signal, we chose the genus Erythemis as a model taxon to analyze and compare the phylogenetic signal of these and other morphologic characters. A cladistic analysis was performed using ten species of the genus plus another seventeen species of Libellulidae as outgroup. Characters were defined following standard criteria and were managed using the software DELTA. Tree search was performed with the software NONA. Partitioned and combined analyses were conducted. Character tracking of characters with ri=100 was used to identify synapomorphies. In agreement with the literature, color characters provided strong phylogenetic signal, meanwhile, genitalia characters offered no synapomorphies. We did not find any character that could support the monophyly of Erythemis. The only clade that has strong support from the morphologic set of characters is (E. vesiculosa, (E. simplicicollis, E. collocata)). Contrary to the results found in other Odonata, wing characters offered synapomorphies for some Erythemis clades.http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-52322014000100007&lng=en&tlng=enOdonatalibélulaseñal filogenéticagenitales del machocoloración corporal
spellingShingle FREDY PALACINO-RODRÍGUEZ
ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ-SORIANO
CARLOS EDUARDO SARMIENTO
PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL OF SUBSETS OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE GENUS ERYTHEMIS (ANISOPTERA: LIBELLULIDAE)
Caldasia
Odonata
libélula
señal filogenética
genitales del macho
coloración corporal
title PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL OF SUBSETS OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE GENUS ERYTHEMIS (ANISOPTERA: LIBELLULIDAE)
title_full PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL OF SUBSETS OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE GENUS ERYTHEMIS (ANISOPTERA: LIBELLULIDAE)
title_fullStr PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL OF SUBSETS OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE GENUS ERYTHEMIS (ANISOPTERA: LIBELLULIDAE)
title_full_unstemmed PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL OF SUBSETS OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE GENUS ERYTHEMIS (ANISOPTERA: LIBELLULIDAE)
title_short PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL OF SUBSETS OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE GENUS ERYTHEMIS (ANISOPTERA: LIBELLULIDAE)
title_sort phylogenetic signal of subsets of morphological characters a case study in the genus erythemis anisoptera libellulidae
topic Odonata
libélula
señal filogenética
genitales del macho
coloración corporal
url http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-52322014000100007&lng=en&tlng=en
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