The evolutionary history of the relict scorpion family Iuridae of the eastern Mediterranean.

Autor: Parmakelis A; Section of Ecology and Taxonomy, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Electronic address: aparmakel@biol.uoa.gr., Dimitriadou D; Section of Ecology and Taxonomy, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece., Gkigkiza E; Section of Ecology and Taxonomy, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece., Karampatsou L; Section of Ecology and Taxonomy, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece., Stathi I; Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Voutes University Campus, GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece., Fet V; Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755-2510, USA., Yağmur EA; Celal Bayar University, Alaşehir Vocational School, TR-45600 Alaşehir, Manisa, Turkey., Kovařík F; P. O. Box 27, CZ-145 01, Praha 45, Czech Republic.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution [Mol Phylogenet Evol] 2022 Dec; Vol. 177, pp. 107622. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107622
Abstrakt: Iuridae is a family of scorpions that exhibits a highly complex biogeographic and taxonomic history. Iuridae taxa are mainly found in Turkey and Greece, whereas a single species is found in northern Iraq. Several taxonomic revisions have been conducted on this family that initially comprised two genera. The latest taxonomic review, based on morphological and anatomical features, raised the number of Iuridae genera to four, and the number of species to 14. Sequence data from three molecular markers (COX1, 16S rDNA, ITS1) originating from numerous Iuridae taxa were analyzed within a phylogenetic framework. Divergence time-estimate analyses, species delimitation approaches and estimation of ancestral areas were implemented in order to: (1) reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships of the Iuridae taxa, (2) evaluate the morphological classifications, and (3) obtain insights into the biogeographic history of the family in the East Mediterranean. The multi-locus phylogeny clearly confirms an ancient division into two clades, Calchinae and Iurinae. Ancient patterns of isolation and dispersal are revealed. Both subfamilies are largely confined to the Anatolian peninsula and its few coastal islands; only the most derived genus Iurus has dispersed westward to Crete and Peloponnese. Based on our findings, three new genera of Iurinae (Metaiurus, Anatoliurus, and Letoiurus) are established. The genus Neocalchas emerges as one of the most ancient scorpion clades, with divergence time about 27 mya.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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