Journal
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 371, Issue 1702, Pages -Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0025
Keywords
DNA barcodes; caddisfly; phylogeny; integrative taxonomy
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Funding
- Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
- government of Canada through Genome Canada
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China through the National High-tech Research and Development Project (863) of China [2012AA021601]
- National Science and Technology Support Program of China [2012BAK11B06-4]
- Schlinger endowment
- US National Science Foundation [DEB-0316504, DEB-0816865, DEB-0206674, DEB0743732]
- University of Minnesota Insect Collection came from Minnesota Experiment Station [017-017, 017-029]
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Postdoctoral Fellowship [BMBF-LPD 9901/8-169]
- 'Barcoding Fauna Bavarica' project by the Bavarian Ministry of Science, Research and Art (Bayerisches Staatsministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Munich, Germany)
- 'German Barcode of Life' project by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung) [01LI1101B-01LI1501B]
- Ministry of the Environment of Finland
- Finnish Barcode of Life Project
- Academy of Finland
- Field Museum Council on Africa
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P23687-B17]
- EPA Victoria
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority of Australia
- Klaus Tschira Foundation
- New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology [UOWX0501, UOWX0505]
- Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Investment System (TFBIS) Programme [246, 290]
- Spanish Agency for International Cooperation [70/04/P/E]
- GUADALMED project - Spanish Ministry of Education and Science [HID98-0323-005, REN2001-3438-007]
- RICHABUN project - Spanish Ministry of Education and Science [CGL2007-60163/BOS]
- Autonomous Organism of National Parks (O.A.P.N.) of the Spanish Ministry of Environment [039/2007]
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DNA barcoding was intended as a means to provide species-level identifications through associating DNA sequences from unknown specimens to those from curated reference specimens. Although barcodes were not designed for phylogenetics, they can be beneficial to the completion of the Tree of Life. The barcode database for Trichoptera is relatively comprehensive, with data from every family, approximately two-thirds of the genera, and one-third of the described species. Most Trichoptera, as with most of life's species, have never been subjected to any formal phylogenetic analysis. Here, we present a phylogeny with over 16 000 unique haplotypes as a working hypothesis that can be updated as our estimates improve. We suggest a strategy of implementing constrained tree searches, which allow larger datasets to dictate the backbone phylogeny, while the barcode data fill out the tips of the tree. We also discuss how this phylogeny could be used to focus taxonomic attention on ambiguous species boundaries and hidden biodiversity. We suggest that systematists continue to differentiate between 'Barcode Index Numbers' (BINs) and 'species' that have been formally described. Each has utility, but they are not synonyms. We highlight examples of integrative taxonomy, using both barcodes and morphology for species description. This article is part of the themed issue 'From DNA barcodes to biomes'.
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