Molecular Phylogenetics of the Genus Neoconocephalus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) and the Evolution of Temperate Life Histories

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 4; no. 9; p. e7203
• Main Authors: Snyder, Robert L, Frederick-Hudson, Katy H, Schul, Johannes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.09.2009; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acoustics; Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Analysis; Animals; Arthropods; Behavior; Biological Evolution; Caribbean; Central America; Cold Temperature; Communication; Communications systems; Comparative studies; Conocephalinae; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Ecology/Evolutionary Ecology; Eggs; Evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Evolutionary Biology/Animal Behavior; Evolutionary Biology/Developmental Evolution; Evolutionary genetics; Fauna; Female; genetics; Geography; Group dynamics; Homoptera; Life history; loci; Male; Membracidae; Mitochondria; mitochondrial DNA; Models, Molecular; molecular systematics; Neivamyrmex maxillosus; Neoconocephalus; Neoconocephalus lyristes; Neoconocephalus pahayokee; Neoconocephalus triops; North America; nuclear genome; Orthoptera; Orthoptera - genetics; Overwintering; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Physiology; Polymorphism, Genetic; Reliability analysis; Sexual Behavior, Animal; Sibling species; Siblings; Species Specificity; Taxonomy; temperate zones; Tettigoniidae; Trends; tropics; Caribbean; Central America; North America; New York; United States > US; Missouri

Background: The katydid genus Neoconocephalus (25+ species) has a prominent acoustic communication system and occurs in large parts of the Neotropics and Nearctic. This group has been subject of numerous behavioral, physiological, and evolutionary studies of its acoustic communication system. Two di...