PHYLOGENY OF THE NEW-WORLD DYSDERCUS (INSECTA, HEMIPTERA, PYRRHOCORIDAE) AND EVOLUTION OF THEIR COLOR PATTERNS

Authors
ZRZAVY J NEDVED O
Citation
J. Zrzavy et O. Nedved, PHYLOGENY OF THE NEW-WORLD DYSDERCUS (INSECTA, HEMIPTERA, PYRRHOCORIDAE) AND EVOLUTION OF THEIR COLOR PATTERNS, Cladistics, 13(1-2), 1997, pp. 109-123
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Cladistics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07483007
Volume
13
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
109 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0748-3007(1997)13:1-2<109:POTND(>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Evolution of colour patterns is reconstructed in the case of the New W orld species of Dysdercus (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae). The phylogenetic species concept was applied to this group, elevating five subspecific taxa to specific rank (D. capitatus, D. discolor, D. fervidus, D. lut eus, and D. neglectus), and the resulting 41 phylogenetic species were analysed cladistically. Using optimization methods, evolution of colo ur patterns of the group is hypothesized, and possible developmental m echanisms of colour-pattern evolutionary changes are inferred. (C) 199 7 The Willi Hennig Society.