Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Abax, a genetic and biosystematic approach (Carabidae, Pterostichini).

Serrano, José; López-López, Alejandro; Colombetta, Giorgio; Brandmayr, Pietro

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Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Abax, a genetic and biosystematic approach (Carabidae, Pterostichini).

dc.contributor.author	Serrano, José
dc.contributor.author	López-López, Alejandro
dc.contributor.author	Colombetta, Giorgio
dc.contributor.author	Brandmayr, Pietro
dc.contributor.department	Zoología y Antropología Física
dc.coverage.spatial	Europe	es
dc.coverage.temporal	XXI century	es
dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-14T09:44:05Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-14T09:44:05Z
dc.date.issued	2025-02-02
dc.description.abstract	Abstract A study of mitochondrial and nuclear markers of the genus Abax (Carabidae, Pterostichini) has been carried out to test hypotheses about its evolutionary history and to get an integrative taxonomical framework. Sequences of all putative species always made-up monophyletic clades. The subgenera Pterostichoabax (four species) and Abacopercus (monotypic) are likely natural taxa supported by all data. However, Pterostichoabax was found to be interspersed among the species of the nominal subgenus Abax, making it a polyphyletic taxon. Despite this problem, several clades of this subgenus that include two or more taxa seem to correspond to monophyletic lineages. Haplotype variation is seemingly related to the geographic origin of individuals of Abax parallelepipedus and Abax pyrenaeus and may correspond to current subspecies of both taxa. It has been corroborated hypotheses about a close relationship of species of the POBE group (A. pilleri, A. oblongus, A. baeninngeri, A. exaratus); between A. carinatus, A. pyrenaeus, and A. parallelus, the basal position of A. schueppeli and the monophyly of Pterostichoabax. Hypotheses about a close relationship between the species pairs schueppeli-carinatus, parallelepipedus-fiorii, and ovalis-parallelus (among others) are not supported by molecular results. The evolutionary history of the genus Abax has been traced back at least before Middle Tortonian (10.3 MYA). Successive lineage splits during the second half of the Miocene gave rise to main lineages with a rapid radiation during the Pleistocene. Lineage diversification included moderate ecological, behavioral and molecular changes accompanied with morphological conservatism and diversified geographic patterns.	es
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/150447
dc.language	eng	es
dc.relation	Funding for field excursions across Spain and other countries during many years, and for carrying out molecular analyses was provided by projects of Spanish Ministry of Research (CGL2006-06706; CGL2009 10906), the Fundación Seneca de Murcia (595/PI/07; 595/PI/08; 19908/GERM/15), and Campus Mare Nostrum, Univ. of Murcia.	es
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dc.subject	Phylogeny	es
dc.subject	Evolution
dc.subject	Integrative Taxonomy
dc.subject	Molecular Analysis
dc.subject	Abax
dc.subject	Carabidae
dc.title	Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Abax, a genetic and biosystematic approach (Carabidae, Pterostichini).	es
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