Knaden, Markus and Tinaut, Alberto and Stoekl, Johannes and Cerda, Xim and Wehner, Ruediger (2012) Molecular phylogeny of the desert ant genus Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). MYRMECOLOGICAL NEWS, 16. pp. 123-132. ISSN 1994-4136,
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Since the middle of the 20th century ants of the genus Cataglyphis - inhabiting the southern part of the Palearctic region - have become model organisms for insect navigation and various other fields of biological research. Currently ca. 100 Cataglyphis species are described. However, although molecular-based phylogenetic analyses are common practice in ant systematics, to date phylogenetic analyses of Cataglyphis have been strictly morphology-based. Here we present the first molecular phylogeny based on mitochondrial DNA (754 bp) of 78 Cataglyphis specimens collected over a large part of the distributional range of the genus. By examining the same specimens based on morphological characters, we can conclude that major features of the morphology-based species-group phylogenies are supported by our molecular approach.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA; CURSOR HYMENOPTERA; MUSHROOM BODIES; BICOLOR-FAB; ORGANIZATION; WORKERS; BARCODES; MODEL; NEST; AMPLIFICATION; Cataglyphis; phylogeny; mtDNA; morphology; systematics |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Chemische Ökologie (Prof. Dr. Joachim Ruther) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2020 11:54 |
| Last Modified: | 25 May 2020 11:54 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/19568 |
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