Journal: Molecular Ecology

Article Title: Phylogenomic inference and demographic model selection suggest peripatric separation of the cryptic steppe ant species Plagiolepis pyrenaica stat. rev.

doi: 10.1111/mec.16828

Figure Lengend Snippet: Summary of the taxonomic history of the Plagiolepis taurica complex and summary of the results of this study that lead to the final species hypothesis. Following the gene and gene expression (GAGE) species concept (Seifert, ), genomic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) inferred via restriction‐site associated DNA sequencing and traditional morphometrics (TM) were selected as decisive delimitation criteria. (a) Taxonomic status quo according to Seifert , Radchenko and Seifert . (b) Results of phylogenetic analyses and Bayesian clustering (Figures and ); mtDNA = mitochondrial DNA. (c) Morphometric results; TM, traditional morphometrics; GM, geometric morphometrics (Figure )

Article Snippet: 1915 Plagiolepis compressa Radchenko, 1996 [syn. by type investigation] Originally described as Plagiolepis compressus Radchenko, 1996 Locus typicus: Kopet Dagh /Turkmenistan.

Techniques: Gene Expression, DNA Sequencing

Journal: Molecular Ecology

Article Title: Phylogenomic inference and demographic model selection suggest peripatric separation of the cryptic steppe ant species Plagiolepis pyrenaica stat. rev.

doi: 10.1111/mec.16828

Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Summary of analyses based on eight morphological characters obtained via traditional morphometrics (TM). The cladogram reflects distances inferred via NC‐Ward clustering. Bars below are results from the partitioning algorithm based on recursive thresholding (PART) using two clustering methods (“NC‐part.hclust and NC‐part.kmeans”). Final species hypotheses according to a LDA using majority decision of the three exploratory data analyses as hypotheses are shown is shown in a bar (“final.Sp.hyp”). (b) Canonical variate analysis based on morphological data obtained via geometric morphometrics (GM). The genetic species hypothesis has been used as a priori grouping information (blue, Plagiolepis pyrenaica stat. rev.; red, Plagiolepis taurica ). (c) Principal component analysis based on morphometric data obtained from GM; blue dots, P. pyrenaica stat. rev.; red points, P. taurica , 95% equal‐frequency ellipses are correspondingly coloured

Article Snippet: 1915 Plagiolepis compressa Radchenko, 1996 [syn. by type investigation] Originally described as Plagiolepis compressus Radchenko, 1996 Locus typicus: Kopet Dagh /Turkmenistan.

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Journal: Molecular Ecology

Article Title: Phylogenomic inference and demographic model selection suggest peripatric separation of the cryptic steppe ant species Plagiolepis pyrenaica stat. rev.

doi: 10.1111/mec.16828

Figure Lengend Snippet: Modelled European distribution of Plagiolepis pyrenaica stat. rev. (circles) and Plagiolepis taurica (triangles) under current and last glacial maximum conditions (glaciated areas in white). Suitability is defined as the projected logistic probability of suitability above the species‐specific maximum training sensitivity plus specificity threshold

Article Snippet: 1915 Plagiolepis compressa Radchenko, 1996 [syn. by type investigation] Originally described as Plagiolepis compressus Radchenko, 1996 Locus typicus: Kopet Dagh /Turkmenistan.

Techniques: