IngentaConnect Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and...

Authors: Jarvis, Karl J.¹; Haas, Fabian²; Whiting, Michael F.¹

Source: Systematic Entomology, Volume 30, Number 3, July 2005 , pp. 442-453(12)

Abstract:

Dermaptera (earwigs) is a cosmopolitan order of insects, the phylogenetic relationships of which are poorly understood. The phylogeny of Dermaptera was inferred from large subunit ribosomal (28S), small subunit ribosomal (18S), histone-3 (H3) nuclear DNA sequences, and forty-three morphological characters. Sequence data were collected for thirty-two earwig exemplar taxa representing eight families in two suborders: Hemimeridae (suborder Hemimerina); Pygidicranidae, Anisolabididae, Labiduridae, Apachyidae, Spongiphoridae, Chelisochidae and Forficulidae (suborder Forficulina). Eighteen taxa from ten additional orders were also included, representing Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Embiidina, Mantodea, Isoptera, Blattaria, Grylloblattodea and Zoraptera. These data were analysed via direct optimization inpoyunder a range of gap and substitution values to test the sensitivity of the data to variations in parameter values. These results indicate that the epizoic Hemimerus is not sister to the remaining Dermaptera, but rather nested as sister to Forficulidae + Chelisochidae. These analyses support the paraphyly of Pygidicranidae and Spongiphoridae and the monophyly of Chelisochidae, Forficulidae, Anisolabididae and Labiduridae.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00276.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U.S.A. and 2: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany

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Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera