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Issue: Vol. 5330 No. 1: 14 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.1.5
Page range: 106-116
Abstract views: 199
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Divergence time analysis of the Neotropical wasp genus Protopolybia Ducke, 1905 (Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini) using a Multilocus Phylogenetic Approach

Universidade Federal do Sul and Sudeste do Pará, Instituto de Estudos do Xingu, R. Constantino Viana, s/n, 68380-000, São Félix do Xingu, PA, Brazil.
Coordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, MCTI, Av. Perimetral s/n, Campus de Pesquisa, 66040-170, Belem, PA, Brazil.
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History.
Universidade Federal do Sul and Sudeste do Pará, Instituto de Estudos do Xingu, R. Constantino Viana, s/n, 68380-000, São Félix do Xingu, PA, Brazil.
Hymenoptera Neotropics Social wasps Molecular Phylogeny Divergence time Protopolybia

Abstract

The genus Protopolybia Ducke was analyzed using a multilocus phylogenetic approach, which confirmed its monophyly. In contrast with the arrangements derived solely from morphological data, however, this analysis divides the genus into only two major clades. The study also presents divergence times for the origin and diversification of Protopolybia, which are related to possible vicariant events occurring in the Amazon biome.

 

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