Phylogeography of the rare velvety tree ant Liometopum
microcephalum (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)

J 2017

Phylogeography of the rare velvety tree ant Liometopum microcephalum (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)

PETRÁKOVÁ, Lenka, Andrea TÓTHOVÁ and Jiří SCHLAGHAMERSKÝ

Basic information

Original name

Phylogeography of the rare velvety tree ant Liometopum microcephalum (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)

Authors

PETRÁKOVÁ, Lenka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Andrea TÓTHOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Jiří SCHLAGHAMERSKÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Biogeography, Hoboken, NJ USA, Wiley, 2017, 0305-0270

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.154

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00097658

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12960

UT WoS

000403676900018

Keywords in English

ancestral area; Formicidae; glacial refugia; Liometopum; phylogeography; Ponto-Mediterranean

Abstract

V originále

The European velvety tree ant (Liometopum microcephalum), forming large colonies defending territories, has specific habitat requirements and occurs in isolated populations irregularly distributed across its range. Its dispersal is slow and colony numbers have been declining in many areas. We assessed the origin of populations across the species range to reconstruct its distributional and evolutionary history. Three mitochondrial and one nuclear DNA markers were sequenced in 157 specimens collected at 42 sites. We constructed haplotype networks, calculated analysis of molecular variance and performed Bayesian evolutionary analysis with lineage divergence time estimations and ancestral area reconstructions. We found 39 mitochondrial haplotypes, the nuclear marker had no variability. More than one haplotype was found within six colonies. Two groups, the European and the Asian, diverged genetically. Seven clades were delimited based on Bayesian evolutionary analysis: the Levantine, Western Anatolian, Black Sea, Northern, Balkan, Northwestern Balkan and Western. The species arose during the Pliocene and the youngest divergences within European clades occurred during the last glaciation. The Levantine clade is the basal one, the ancestral area of European populations is probably the Pannonian Basin.

Citovat

PETRÁKOVÁ, Lenka, Andrea TÓTHOVÁ and Jiří SCHLAGHAMERSKÝ. Phylogeography of the rare velvety tree ant Liometopum microcephalum (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Journal of Biogeography. Hoboken, NJ USA: Wiley, 2017, vol. 44, No 7, p. 1652-1664. ISSN 0305-0270. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12960.

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PETRÁKOVÁ, Lenka, Andrea TÓTHOVÁ and Jiří SCHLAGHAMERSKÝ. Phylogeography of the rare velvety tree ant Liometopum microcephalum (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). \textit{Journal of Biogeography}. Hoboken, NJ USA: Wiley, 2017, vol.~44, No~7, p.~1652-1664. ISSN~0305-0270. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12960.

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