Systematics of the dung beetle tribe Sisyphini Mulsant (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) inferred from a molecular phylogeny and biogeography of southern African species

dc.contributor.authorDaniel, Gimo M.
dc.contributor.authorSole, Catherine L.
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Adrian L.V.
dc.contributor.authorStrumpher, Werner P.
dc.contributor.authorScholtz, Clarke H.
dc.contributor.emailcatherine.sole@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-05T11:26:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.descriptionSupplementary material: Table S1. Primers used for PCR amplification. Table S2. New sequences submitted to GenBank. Table S3. Distribution of sisyphine species in southern African climatic regions. \ Table S4. Distribution of Epirinus species in southern African climatic regions. Table S5. Global information from the S‐DIVA analysis. Figure S1. Bayesian phylogram of combined dataset analysis (COI, 16S, CAD and 28S domain 2). Posterior probabilities are given for each node. Figure S2. Maximum likelihood phylogram of combined dataset analysis (COI, 16S, CAD and 28S domain 2). Bootstrap support is given for each node.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe tribe Sisyphini Mulsant was recently redefined following the transfer of the endemic southern African genus Epirinus Dejean from the polyphyletic tribe Deltochilini Lacordaire. A molecular phylogeny of the southern African members of Sisyphini supports Epirinus as sister to Sisyphus Latreille and recovered three major clades in Sisyphus classified here as subgenera Sisyphus (Neosisyphus Müller) stat. rev., Sisyphus (Parasisyphus Barbero, Palestrini & Zunino) stat.n. and Sisyphus (Sisyphus) stat.n. A molecular clock analysis suggests that Sisyphus and Epirinus diverged from their last common ancestor during the Lower to Middle Oligocene (c. 29.37 Ma). Biogeographical analysis indicated that southern African Sisyphus species are centred in the east and northeast in Highveld grassland and warmer savannah regions. By contrast, Epirinus species are largely restricted to the southwest and southeast in the cooler winter and bimodal rainfall regions plus arid highland Karoo and Highveld grasslands. Based on morphological and biogeographical differences between Epirinus and Sisyphus, we propose that the monogeneric Epirinus be placed in its own tribe, Epirinini van Lansberge stat. rev.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2021-01-01
dc.description.librarianhj2019en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipAn National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) grant to CLS and CHS. GMD thanks the NRF for a Doctoral Innovation Scholarship (process number: 109628), and the University of Pretoria for the postgraduate financial support. GMD also thanks the Stanley W. Watson Foundation Education (Falmouth, MA, U.S.A.) which awarded a trip grant to attend the Workshop in Molecular Evolution‐2017, at the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Chicago, Woods Hole, MA, U.S.A.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13653113en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDaniel, G.M., Sole, C.L., Davis, A.L.V. et al. 2020, 'Systematics of the dung beetle tribe Sisyphini Mulsant (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) inferred from a molecular phylogeny and biogeography of southern African species', Systematic Entomology, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 73-84.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0307-6970 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1365-3113 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1111/syen.12380
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/70889
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019 The Royal Entomological Society. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 'Systematics of the dung beetle tribe Sisyphini Mulsant (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) inferred from a molecular phylogeny and biogeography of southern African species', Systematic Entomology, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 73-84, 2020, doi : 10.1111/syen.12380. The definite version is available at : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13653113.en_ZA
dc.subjectDistribution patternen_ZA
dc.subjectEpirinusen_ZA
dc.subjectMolecular systematicsen_ZA
dc.subjectSisyphusen_ZA
dc.subjectDung beetlesen_ZA
dc.titleSystematics of the dung beetle tribe Sisyphini Mulsant (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) inferred from a molecular phylogeny and biogeography of southern African speciesen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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