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Multiple transisthmian divergences, extensive cryptic diversity, occasional long‐distance dispersal, and biogeographic patterns in a marine coastal isopod with an amphi‐American distribution

Ecology and Evolution, 2016
Excirolana braziliensis is a coastal intertidal isopod with a broad distribution spanning the Atlantic and Pacific tropical and temperate coasts of the American continent.
Luis A. Hurtado, Mariana Mateos, Gustavo Mattos, Shuang Liu, Pilar A. Haye, Paulo C. Paiva   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colonisation History of Freshwater Snails Across the Atlantic and Mediterranean Islands: Insights From Mercuria (Littorinimorpha, Hydrobiidae)

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Islands harbour unique biodiversity, and depending on their geological origin, they have fundamentally different colonisation histories: continental islands may contain relict faunas shaped by vicariance and sporadic gene flow, whereas oceanic islands must have been colonised across open seas, often through long‐distance dispersal events ...
Jonathan P. Miller, Omar Sánchez, Vincent Prié, Diana Delicado   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the emergence of New Caledonia: fig wasp mutualism as a case study and a review of evidence. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
While geologists suggest that New Caledonian main island (Grande Terre) was submerged until ca 37 Ma, biologists are struck by the presence of supposedly Gondwanan groups on the island. Among these groups are the Oreosycea fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) and
Astrid Cruaud, Roula Jabbour-Zahab, Gwenaëlle Genson, Stefan Ungricht, Jean-Yves Rasplus   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Gene Flow in the Diversification of the Monkey Treefrog Complex Across the South American Dry Diagonal

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 568-588, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Understanding Neotropical megadiversity remains challenging due to fundamental taxonomic issues, including identifying and describing cryptic species and their distribution, and the limited knowledge of key factors driving biological diversification. Such challenges are especially prominent in diverse clades with high levels of cryptic species,
Felipe Camurugi, Vinícius A. São Pedro, Felipe Magalhães, Marcelo Gehara, Eliana F. Oliveira, Gabriel C. Costa, Frank T. Burbrink, Edward A. Myers, Guarino R. Colli, Miguel T. Rodrigues, Adrian A. Garda   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vicariance and dispersal in Caribbean biogeography [PDF]

, 1996
The species diversity and phylogenetic relationships of West Indian vertebrates are incompletely known, but several lines of evidence support a dispersal origin for most of the fauna. Crother and Guyer have contested much of that evidence, claiming a far
Hedges, S. Blair
core  

Comprehensive species set revealing the phylogeny and biogeography of Feliformia (Mammalia, Carnivora) based on mitochondrial DNA. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Extant Feliformia species are one of the most diverse radiations of Carnivora (~123 species). Despite substantial recent interest in their conservation, diversification, and systematic study, no previous phylogeny contains a comprehensive species set ...
Yu Zhou, Si-Rui Wang, Jian-Zhang Ma
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution of Crematogaster sordidula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Ants in the Mediterranean Region During Plio‐Pleistocene Climatic Changes

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 615-638, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Understanding insect responses to global climate change involves identifying strategies used during past climate oscillations. Phylogeography offers a powerful framework to unravel how historical climatic and geological events have shaped the spatial genetic patterns of species, providing critical insights into evolutionary processes, whereas ...
Jody H. Voges, Sebastian Salata, Lech Borowiec, Jelena Bujan, Christos Georgiadis, Celal Karaman, Kadri Kiran, Albena Lapeva‐Gjonova, Claude Lebas, Mattia Menchetti, Enrico Schifani, Ahmed Taheri, Bonnie B. Blaimer   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversification and vicariance of desert plants: Evidence inferred from chloroplast DNA sequence variation of Lagochilus ilicifolius (Lamiaceae)

, 2014
To document arid Northern China as a diversification center for desert plants, and to better understand the mechanisms of desert taxa diversification, we used five cpDNA spacers (trnL-trnF, rps16, psbA-trnH, psbK-psb1 and trnS-trnG) to investigate ...
H. H. Meng, Gao, Xiao-Yang, Zhang, Ming-Li, Meng, Hong-Hu, X. Y. Gao, M. L. Zhang.   +5 more
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Interplay Between River Formation and Historical Climatic Changes Drove Diversification of the Thamnomanes caesius and T. schistogynus (Passeriformes, Thamnophilidae) Species Complex Across Amazonian and Atlantic Forests

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 555-567, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The Amazon and Atlantic forests harbour immense biodiversity shaped by complex evolutionary history with diverse processes leading to species build‐up. We investigated the Cinereous Antshrike species complex (Thamnomanes caesius and T. schistogynus) to disentangle the relative contributions of riverine barriers and historical climatic ...
Henrique Batalha‐Filho, Tibério César Tortola Burlamaqui, Martin Irestedt, Per G. P. Ericson, Jon Fjeldså, Cristina Yumi Miyaki, Alexandre Aleixo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogeny of the Electric Rays of the Family Narcinidae (Gill, 1862): Systematic Review and Evidence of the Dispersal Routes to America

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The family Narcinidae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, its systematic composition and phylogenetic position within Torpediniformes remain poorly understood. This study evaluates the evolutionary and biogeographic history of the family Narcinidae and investigates its distribution patterns using molecular systematics.
Luis Fernando da Silva Rodrigues‐Filho, Richard Klein Castro Silva, Eduardo Lopes de Lima, Raquel Sicca‐Ramirez, Getúlio Rincon, Jorge Luiz Silva Nunes, Iracilda Sampaio, João Braullio de Luna Sales   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source