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DOI | 10.1111/zsc.12254 |
Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae) | |
Smid, Jiri1,2; Moravec, Jiri1; Gvozdik, Vaclav1; Stundl, Jan1,3; Frynta, Daniel3; Lymberakis, Petros4; Kapli, Paschalia5; Wilms, Thomas6; Schmitz, Andreas7; Shobrak, Mohammed8; Yousefkhani, Saeed Hosseinian9; Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar10; Castilla, Aurora M.11; Els, Johannes12; Mayer, Werner13 | |
通讯作者 | Smid, Jiri |
来源期刊 | ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA
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ISSN | 0300-3256 |
EISSN | 1463-6409 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 46期号:6页码:649-664 |
英文摘要 | Mesalina are small lacertid lizards occurring in the Saharo-Sindian deserts from North Africa to the east of the Iranian plateau. Earlier phylogenetic studies indicated that there are several species complexes within the genus and that thorough taxonomic revisions are needed. In this study, we aim at resolving the phylogeny and taxonomy of the M.brevirostris species complex distributed from the Middle East to the Arabian/Persian Gulf region and Pakistan. We sequenced three mitochondrial and three nuclear gene fragments, and in combination with species delimitation and species-tree estimation, we infer a time-calibrated phylogeny of the complex. The results of the genetic analyses support the presence of four clearly delimited species in the complex that diverged approximately between the middle Pliocene and the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary. Species distribution models of the four species show that the areas of suitable habitat are geographically well delineated and nearly allopatric, and that most of the species have rather divergent environmental niches. Morphological characters also confirm the differences between the species, although sometimes minute. As a result of all these lines of evidence, we revise the taxonomy of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex. We designate a lectotype for Mesalina brevirostris Blanford, 1874; resurrect the available name Eremias bernoullii Schenkel, 1901 from the synonymy of M.brevirostris; elevate M.brevirostris microlepis (Angel, 1936) to species status; and describe Mesalina saudiarabica, a new species from Saudi Arabia. |
英文关键词 | Arabia biogeography cryptic speciation Middle East reptiles species delimitation |
类型 | Review |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Czech Republic ; South Africa ; Greece ; Germany ; Switzerland ; Saudi Arabia ; Iran ; Qatar ; U Arab Emirates ; Austria |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000413302600001 |
WOS关键词 | MALE-BIASED DISPERSAL ; REPTILIA LACERTIDAE ; NORTH-AFRICA ; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY ; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTS ; FAMILY LACERTIDAE ; COMPUTER-PROGRAM ; MTDNA SEQUENCES ; MIDDLE-EAST ; BIOGEOGRAPHY |
WOS类目 | Evolutionary Biology ; Zoology |
WOS研究方向 | Evolutionary Biology ; Zoology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/202978 |
作者单位 | 1.Natl Museum, Dept Zool, Prague, Czech Republic; 2.South African Natl Biodivers Inst, Claremont, CA, South Africa; 3.Charles Univ Prague, Dept Zool, Fac Sci, Prague, Czech Republic; 4.Univ Crete, Nat Hist Museum Crete, Herakleio, Greece; 5.Heidelberg Inst Theoret Studies, Exelixis Lab, Sci Comp Grp, Heidelberg, Germany; 6.Allwetterzoo Munster, Munster, Germany; 7.Nat Hist Museum Geneva, Dept Herpetol & Ichthyol, Geneva, Switzerland; 8.Taif Univ, Biol Dept, Fac Sci, At Taif, Saudi Arabia; 9.Islamic Azad Univ, Young Researchers & Elite Club, Shirvan, Iran; 10.Hakim Sabzevari Univ, Dept Biol, Sabzevar, Iran; 11.Hamad Bin Khalifa Univ, Qatar Environm & Energy Res Inst, Qatar Fdn, Doha, Qatar; 12.United Arab Emirates, Breeding Ctr Endangered Arabian Wildlife Environm, Sharjah, U Arab Emirates; 13.Nat Hist Museum, Vienna, Austria |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Smid, Jiri,Moravec, Jiri,Gvozdik, Vaclav,et al. Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae)[J],2017,46(6):649-664. |
APA | Smid, Jiri.,Moravec, Jiri.,Gvozdik, Vaclav.,Stundl, Jan.,Frynta, Daniel.,...&Mayer, Werner.(2017).Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae).ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA,46(6),649-664. |
MLA | Smid, Jiri,et al."Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae)".ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA 46.6(2017):649-664. |
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