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Tipo: Artigo
Título: Genetic characterization of some neoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) populations within the foetida species complex
Autor(es): Pompolo, Silvia G.
Santos, Rebeca P.
Mariano, Cléa S. F.
Delabie, Jacques H. C.
Costa, Marco A.
Lima, Kátia M.
Fernandes, Itanna O.
Miranda, Elder A.
Carvalho, Antonio F.
Silva, Janisete G.
Abstract: The foetida species complex comprises 13 Neotropical species in the ant genus Neoponera Emery (1901). Neoponera villosa Fabricius (1804) , Neoponera inversa Smith (1858), Neoponera bactronica Fernandes, Oliveira & Delabie (2013), and Neoponera curvinodis (Forel, 1899) have had an ambiguous taxonomic status for more than two decades. In southern Bahia, Brazil, these four species are frequently found in sympatry. Here we used Bayesian Inference and maximum likelihood analyses of COI and 16S mtDNA sequence data and conventional cytogenetic data together with observations on morphology to characterize sympatric populations of N. villosa, N. inversa, N. bactronica, and N. curvinodis. Our results showed marked differences in the karyotype of these ants. Both N. curvinodis and N. inversa have chromosome number of 2n = 30. Their chromosome composition, however, is distinct, which indicates that N. curvinodis is more closely related to N. bactronica. These four species clustered into three distinct groups. The close relationship between N. bactronica and N. curvinodis deserves further investigation since it has not been fully resolved here. Our results confirm that N. inversa, N. villosa, N. bactronica + N. curvinodis indeed represent four distinct taxa within the foetida species complex.
Palavras-chave: Ponerinae
Cytogenetic analysis
Phylogenetic analyses
Editor: Journal of Insect Science
Tipo de Acesso: Open Access
URI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iey079
http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/24342
Data do documento: Jul-2018
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