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BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
Volume 79, Issue 2, Pages 245-275Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00233.x
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molecular systematics; parsimony; phylogeny; Symphyta; Tenthredinoidea
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Molecular characters are analysed on their own and in combination with morphological data to examine the phylogenetic relationships of the basal lineages of Hymenoptera ('Symphyta'). This study covers 47 sawfly genera and nine apocritan families and includes molecular sequences from five genes - 12S, 16S, 18S and 28S ribosomal genes and cytochrome oxidase 1 - as well as 343 morphological characters. A robust-choice sensitivity analysis is performed with the data. First, the simultaneous analysis is repeated three times, each time employing a different step matrix for weighting the transformations of the molecular characters. Then, the results of all three simultaneous analyses are summarized in a strict consensus in order to avoid basing the conclusions on a narrow set of assumptions. This methodology is discussed in the paper. The relationships among superfamilies largely confirm previous hypotheses, being (Xyeloidea (Tenthredinoidea s.l. (Pamphilioidea (Cephoidea (Siricoidea (Xiphydrioidea (Orussoidea Apocrita)))))))), where Siricoidea is understood as Siricidae+Anaxyelidae. However, the relationships within Tenthredinoidea s.s. proposed here are novel: ({Argidae Pergidae} [Athalia {(Diprionidae Cimbicidae) Tenthredinidae minus Athalia}]). (C) 2003 The Linnean Society of London. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2003, 79, 245275.
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