Molecular data do not support the traditional morphology-based groupings in the scorpion family Buthidae (Arachnida: Scorpiones).
Multilocus data
Phylogenetic analyses
Taxonomy
Journal
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
ISSN: 1095-9513
Titre abrégé: Mol Phylogenet Evol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9304400
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2022
08 2022
Historique:
received:
25
11
2021
revised:
20
04
2022
accepted:
06
05
2022
pubmed:
17
5
2022
medline:
15
6
2022
entrez:
16
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The family Buthidae represents an early-diverging and most species-rich lineage of extant scorpions, but its internal phylogenetic relationships are still poorly understood. The family is traditionally divided into six morpho-groups; however, the monophyly of some of them remains unclear. We combined multilocus sequence data with extensive taxon sampling to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships among Buthidae and assess the validity of the morphology-based groupings. We recovered a monophyletic Buthus group as a sister clade to all the remaining Buthidae. We also found support for the monophyly of the Tityus group, but the remaining morpho-groups were recovered as para-/polyphyletic. Our results also suggest that some genera are in need of a taxonomic revision.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35577287
pii: S1055-7903(22)00124-5
doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107511
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
107511Informations de copyright
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