Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apicotermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae)

Johanna Romero Arias; Arthur Boom; Menglin Wang; Crystal Clitheroe; Jan Šobotník; Petr Stiblik; Thomas Bourguignon; Yves Roisin

doi:10.1111/syen.12486

journal article Jun 08, 2021

Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apicotermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae)

Johanna Romero Arias

Yves Roisin

Systematic Entomology Vol. 46 No. 3 pp. 741-756 · Wiley

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Abstract

Abstract

Soil‐feeding termites are abundant in tropical regions and play an important role in soil bioturbation and in the organic matter cycle. The Apicotermitinae are arguably the most diverse lineage of soil‐feeding termites, but they are also the most understudied, probably because many species are soldierless, which makes identification difficult. Although the backbone of the termite phylogenetic tree is now well‐resolved, the relationships among representatives of Apicotermitinae are still largely unknown. Here, we present phylogenetic trees inferred from 113 mitochondrial genomes of Apicotermitinae representative of the group diversity. Our analyses confirm the monophyly of the Apicotermitinae and the basal position of soldiered taxa, within which two lineages of soldierless species are nested. We describe two new monotypic genera, whose phylogenetic position appeared of special interest:
Koutabatermes
gen. n.
, lies on a long branch among soldiered taxa, and
Apolemotermes
gen. n.
, is sister to
Adaiphrotermes
. We resolved, with high support, the position of Asian genera as sister group of a clade comprising the monophyletic neotropical
Anoplotermes
‐group and the small African clade including
Adaiphrotermes
and
Apolemotermes
gen. n.
. Our trees cast light on the intergeneric and interspecific relationships within Apicotermitinae and reveal the polyphyly of several genera, including
Ruptitermes
,
Astalotermes
and
Anoplotermes
. Biogeographic reconstructions revealed two dispersal events out of Africa, one to the Oriental realm and one to the Neotropical realm. Overall, the timing of Apicotermitinae diversification and dispersal, following the Eocene–Oligocene boundary, matches that found for other groups of Neoisoptera. Nomenclatural acts are registered in ZooBank:

http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CA1A21B6‐573E‐4855‐8C88‐372453C922F7
.

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Published: Jun 08, 2021
Vol/Issue: 46(3)
Pages: 741-756
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Authors

J

Johanna Romero Arias

Evolutionary Biology & Ecology Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium

A

Arthur Boom

Evolutionary Biology & Ecology Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium

M

Menglin Wang

Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology Graduate University Okinawa Japan

C

Crystal Clitheroe

Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology Graduate University Okinawa Japan

J

Jan Šobotník

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czech Republic

P

Petr Stiblik

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czech Republic

T

Thomas Bourguignon

Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology Graduate University Okinawa Japan; Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czech Republic

Y

Yves Roisin

Evolutionary Biology & Ecology Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium

Funding

Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS Award: PDR T.0065.15

Cite This Article

Johanna Romero Arias, Arthur Boom, Menglin Wang, et al. (2021). Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apicotermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae). Systematic Entomology, 46(3), 741-756. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12486

Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apicotermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae)

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