Browsing by Author "Somavilla, Alexandre"
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Item A phylogenetic approach to the neotropical social wasp genus Leipomeles Möbius, 1856 (Vespidae: Epiponini), with a new identification key (American Museum novitates, no. 4006)(American Museum of Natural History., 2023-12-19) Somavilla, Alexandre; Santos Vieira, Gabriel; Andena, Sergio Ricardo; Noll, Fernando B. (Fernando Barbosa); Carpenter, James M. (James Michael), 1956-Leipomeles Möbius, 1856, is a neotropical genus of swarm-founding wasps extending from Costa Rica to the middle of Brazil, with four species described. A combined phylogenetic analysis using female and male morphology, and nest architecture was performed with the program TNT. Leipomeles is supported as monophyletic with the following relationships among species: (L. pusilla + L. albogrisea) + (L. spilogaster + L. dorsata). A new identification key for the genus is also presented.Item Supplemental Material for 'A phylogenetic approach to the neotropical social wasp genus Leipomeles Möbius, 1856 (Vespidae: Epiponini), with a new identification key (American Museum novitates, no. 4006)'(American Museum Novitates, 2023-12-19) Somavilla, Alexandre; Santos Vieira, Gabriel; Andena, Sergio Ricardo; Noll, Fernando B. (Fernando Barbosa); Carpenter, James M. (James Michael), 1956-Supplemental Material for 'A phylogenetic approach to the neotropical social wasp genus Leipomeles Möbius, 1856 (Vespidae: Epiponini), with a new identification key (American Museum novitates, no. 4006)' - https://hdl.handle.net/2246/7339Item Supplemental Material for 'Total-evidence phylogeny of the New World Polistes Lepeletier, 1836, paper wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae, Polistini). (American Museum novitates, no. 3973)'(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2021-07-22) Somavilla, Alexandre; Santos, Bernardo F; Carpenter, James M. (James Michael), 1956-; Andena, Sérgio Ricardo; Oliveira, Márcio LuizSupplemental Material for 'Total-evidence phylogeny of the New World Polistes Lepeletier, 1836, paper wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae, Polistini). (American Museum novitates, no. 3973)'Item Total-evidence phylogeny of the New World Polistes Lepeletier, 1836, paper wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae, Polistini) (American Museum novitates, no. 3973)(American Museum of Natural History., 2021-07-22) Somavilla, Alexandre; Santos, Bernardo F.; Andena, Sérgio Ricardo; Oliveira, Márcio Luiz; Carpenter, James M. (James Michael), 1956-The genus Polistes is one of the most species-rich and widely distributed groups of social wasps and a model taxon for studies of social behavior. Almost half the Polistes world fauna occurs in the New World, but their classification has been unstable due in part to the scarcity of phylogenetic studies. We investigated the phylogeny of the New World Polistes by combining a previously existing molecular dataset with a new morphological and behavioral matrix for 90 of the 93 New World species. All analyses support a single origin for the New World Polistes. All five traditionally defined New World subgenera (Aphanilopterus, Epicnemius, Fuscopolistes, Onerarius, and Palisotius) were monophyletic, but the relationships among them varied across datasets. Our results, with an expanded phenotypic dataset, improved taxonomic sampling, and enhanced clade support relative to previous studies, strongly support a classification based on five subgenera, which are all diagnosable groups supported by clear morphological synapomorphies. Hence, we propose the revalidation of previously proposed subgenera; we provide a taxonomic account of each subgenus and an identification key to all species of New World Polistes.