Ambulycini (Kawahara and Barber, 2015)

Timmermans, Martijn J. T. N., Daghmoumi, Sainab M., Glass, Deborah, Hamilton, Chris A., Kawahara, Akito Y. & Kitching, Ian J., 2019, Phylogeny of the Hawkmoth Tribe Ambulycini (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): Mitogenomes from Museum Specimens Resolve Major Relationships, Insect Systematics and Diversity (AIFB) 3 (6), No. 12, pp. 1-8 : 6

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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/isd/ixz025

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scientific name

Ambulycini
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Phylogeny of Ambulycini View in CoL View at ENA

Previous phylogenetic analyses of the Ambulycini have yielded conflicting patterns of relationships among the genera. In the present study, Ambulycini are recovered as monophyletic but with only weak support ( Fig. 2 View Fig ), though in both analyses, Barbourion is the sister group to the rest of the tribe. In contrast, a clade comprising the remaining genera receives very strong support. This suggests that Barbourion might perhaps be misplaced in Ambulycini , although it could also be an artifact of our limited outgroup sampling. Next to split off is Ambulyx , then Amplypterus . These are followed by Adhemarius , in which Orecta and Trogolegnum are placed. Thus, Adhemarius is paraphyletic relative to the other two genera. The final clade comprises the remaining three ambulycine genera of the present analysis, with Batocnema placed as sister to Compsulyx and these two as sister to Protambulyx . Thus, our results are almost identical to those of the combined molecular and morphological BI analysis of Cardoso (2015; Fig. 1.7 View Fig ), except that Batocnema and Compsulyx are sisters, rather than arising separately, and the placement of Orecta is resolved.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sphingidae

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