RT Journal Article
T1 A reappraisal of the family status of Neotropical Protoneuridae (Odonata: Zygoptera) using morphological and molecular information
A1 Pessacq, Pablo
A1 Anjos-Santos, Danielle
A1 Cordero Rivera, Adolfo
A1 Lorenzo Carballa, M. Olalla
K1 Damselfly
K1 Coenagrionoidea
K1 Morphology
K1 DNA
K1 Phylogeny
K1 Integrative taxonomy
K1 Cladistic analysis
AB Several comprehensive studies have greatly contributed to the clarification of Odonata phylogeny, paying special attention to the damselflies (Zygoptera). Nearly half of the species of Zygoptera are included in the family Coenagrionidae, but the status of some previously recognized families is still debated. Here, we present the results of phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear and mitochondrial sequences and morphological data of 10 of the 15 Neotropical genera formerly included within the Neotropical family Protoneuridae, with the goal to test their monophyly and phylogenetic position within the Coenagrionidae sensu lato. Our analyses support the polyphyly of Protoneuridae, with Proneura prolongata and Junix elumbis falling within the ‘core’ Coenagrionidae, whereas the remaining Neotropical Protoneuridae included in our analyses form a monophyletic clade, sister to the ridged frons Coenagrionidae. Our results differ from previous analyses that suggested that the Protoneuridae were members of the ridged frons Coenagrionidae clade, most likely because our dataset has a wider coverage of the group, both in terms of taxa and data sources. We propose the redefinition of the Protoneuridae (excluding Proneura, Junix, and all the previously included Old-World genera) and its re-establishment as a redefined Protoneuridae family, which is characterized by several morphological and biological unique attributes.
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/40601
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/40601
LA eng
NO Pablo Pessacq, Danielle Anjos-Santos, Adolfo Cordero-Rivera, M Olalla Lorenzo-Carballa, A reappraisal of the family status of Neotropical Protoneuridae (Odonata: Zygoptera) using morphological and molecular information, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 203, Issue 3, March 2025, zlaf012, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf012
NO Funding was provided by grants CGL2014-53140-P and PGC2018-096656-B-I00 from MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and from ‘ERDF A way of making Europe’, by the European Union. This is Scientific Contribution number 180 from LIESA-CIEMEP-CONICET.
DS Minerva
RD 18 abr 2026