TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrative approach resolves the taxonomy of Eulaema cingulata (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an important pollinator in the Neotropics
AU - de Oliveira Andrade, Tamires
AU - dos Santos Ramos, Kelli
AU - López-Uribe, Margarita M.
AU - Branstetter, Michael G.
AU - Brandão, Carlos Roberto F.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the curators and technicians of the collections for the loan of bee specimens: Elder Morato (Universidade Federal do Acre), Beatriz Coelho and Orlando Silveira (Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi), Márcio Oliveira (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia), Fernando Silveira and José Eustáquio (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Maria Cristina Gaglianone (Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro). We thank José Villavicencio (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo - MZSP) for the support with the morphometric analyses, and Nathaniel Pope (Pennsylvania State University), Sergio Bolivar and Luz Eneida (MZSP) for the assistance with genomic data. This work was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes), funding code 001 (TOA), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (Fapesp), process 17/07366-1 and 2016/50378-8 (CRFB and TOA). MML-U was funded through the USDA NIFA Appropriations under Projects PEN04716 and PEN04620. MGB and part of the sequencing work was funded through USDA project 2080-21000-019-000-D and NSF grant DEB-2127744. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Species delimitation is a rich scientific field that often uses different sources of data to identify independently evolving lineages that might be recognized as species. Here, we use an integrative approach based on morphometrics, COI-barcoding, and phylogenomics using ultraconserved elements (UCEs) to investigate whether the orchid bee species Eulaema cingulata (Fabricius, 1804) and E. pseudocingulata Oliveira, 2006 represent a single variable taxon or two different species. We analyzed 126 specimens across the geographical range of these nominal species to test species hypotheses using the general lineage concept. We found substantial overlap in wing and head morphometrics, and both taxa form one phylogenetic lineage based on COI mitochondrial and UCE data. Our results support the recognition of both forms as members of the same evolutionary unit and E. pseudocingulata is herein recognized as a junior synonym of E. cingulata.
AB - Species delimitation is a rich scientific field that often uses different sources of data to identify independently evolving lineages that might be recognized as species. Here, we use an integrative approach based on morphometrics, COI-barcoding, and phylogenomics using ultraconserved elements (UCEs) to investigate whether the orchid bee species Eulaema cingulata (Fabricius, 1804) and E. pseudocingulata Oliveira, 2006 represent a single variable taxon or two different species. We analyzed 126 specimens across the geographical range of these nominal species to test species hypotheses using the general lineage concept. We found substantial overlap in wing and head morphometrics, and both taxa form one phylogenetic lineage based on COI mitochondrial and UCE data. Our results support the recognition of both forms as members of the same evolutionary unit and E. pseudocingulata is herein recognized as a junior synonym of E. cingulata.
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U2 - 10.3897/jhr.94.91001
DO - 10.3897/jhr.94.91001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85146358913
SN - 1070-9428
VL - 94
SP - 247
EP - 269
JO - Journal of Hymenoptera Research
JF - Journal of Hymenoptera Research
ER -