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Copyright: Elias, Michael
Embargoed until 2016-11-30
Copyright: Elias, Michael
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Abstract
The systematics and phylogenetics of glassy-winged orthotylines is examined. Eight new genera and 46 new species are described including 11 new species of Cyrtorhinus (C. albidus sp. nov., C. brunus sp. nov., C. defectus sp. nov., C. indi sp. nov., C. novabritannia sp. nov., C. palauensis sp. nov., C. pilosus sp. nov., C. quatei sp. nov., C. rarus sp. nov., C. solomonensis sp. nov. and C. yunganensis sp. nov.), seven new species in the Morobea group (Dimifacoris bifurcatus sp. nov., Dimifacoris leva sp. nov., Dimifacoris trifurcatus sp. nov., Dimifacoris splendidus sp. nov., Flagellomiris sinuatum sp. nov., Flagellomiris tasmaniensis sp. nov. and Wumea pilosa sp. nov.) and 28 new species in the Candidomiris group (Bucculagrandis morobiensis sp. nov., Candidomiris clavatasclerita sp. nov., Candidomiris cyrtandraphila sp. nov., Candidomiris macropiper sp. nov., Candidomiris missimensis sp. nov., Candidomiris parasponius sp. nov., Candidomiris sinuata sp. nov., Elongatoductus walli sp. nov., Falcum austerum sp. nov., Falcum bulldogensis sp. nov., Falcum gagnei sp. nov., Falcum kaindiensis sp. nov., Falcum taiwanensis sp. nov., Felisacodes uganda sp. nov., Jimia spectabilis sp. nov., Nerubia dentomembrana sp. nov., Nerubia viridis sp. nov., Novacalecoris bisclerita sp. nov., Novacalecoris gressiti sp. nov., Novacalecoris kraussi sp. nov., Novacalecoris macca sp. nov., Novacalecoris monteithi sp. nov., Novacalecoris rubrafasciae sp. nov., Novacalecoris tatarnici sp. nov., Novacalecoris turpa sp. nov., Prosoponomiris mimetica sp. nov., Spinamifera raveni sp. nov., Tudoris solomonensis sp. nov. Josemiris is synonymised with Cyrtorhinus. Twenty-two species from nine genera are redescribed. Phylogenetic relationships within Cyrtorhinus are resolved and two major clades are established. Biogeographic analysis of Cyrtorhinus supported the hypothesis that Africa is basal to the rest of the Indo-Pacific and an Asian group as sister to the Pacific. Orthotylus bilineatus and Mecomma were found to be the closest relatives of Cyrtorhinus. Two groups were nested within the Candidomiris-Morobea group which is tentatively placed as the sister-group to Cyrtorhinus, Orthotylus bilineatus and Mecomma. A new TNT script is introduced which tests the robustness of nodes to changing outgroups. The method was successfully applied to Cyrtorhinus and Candidomiris-Morobea phylogenies and three other previously published phylogenies.