Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics

Seth M Bybee; Vincent J Kalkman; Robert J Erickson; Paul B Frandsen; Jesse W Breinholt; Anton Suvorov; Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra; Adolfo Cordero-Rivera; Jeffrey H Skevington; John C Abbott; Melissa Sanchez Herrera; Alan R Lemmon; Emily Moriarty Lemmon; Jessica L Ware

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115

Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics

Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2021 Jul:160:107115. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115. Epub 2021 Feb 18.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Museum, Brigham Young University, USA. Electronic address: seth.bybee@byu.edu.
² Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Museum, Brigham Young University, USA.
⁴ Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, USA; Data Science Lab, Smithsonian Institution, USA.
⁵ Intermountain Healthcare, Intermountain Precision Genomics, USA; RAPiD Genomics, USA; McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, USA.
⁶ Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
⁷ ECOEVO LAB, E.E. Forestal, Universidade de Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
⁸ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Canada.
⁹ Alabama Museum of Natural History, Department of Research and Collections, The University of Alabama, USA.
¹⁰ Faculty of Natural Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.
¹¹ Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, USA.
¹² Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, USA.
¹³ Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, USA.

PMID: 33609713
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115

Abstract

Dragonflies and damselflies are a charismatic, medium-sized insect order (~6300 species) with a unique potential to approach comparative research questions. Their taxonomy and many ecological traits for a large fraction of extant species are relatively well understood. However, until now, the lack of a large-scale phylogeny based on high throughput data with the potential to connect both perspectives has precluded comparative evolutionary questions for these insects. Here, we provide an ordinal hypothesis of classification based on anchored hybrid enrichment using a total of 136 species representing 46 of the 48 families or incertae sedis, and a total of 478 target loci. Our analyses recovered the monophyly for all three suborders: Anisoptera, Anisozygoptera and Zygoptera. Although the backbone of the topology was reinforced and showed the highest support values to date, our genomic data was unable to stronglyresolve portions of the topology. In addition, a quartet sampling approach highlights the potential evolutionary scenarios that may have shaped evolutionary phylogeny (e.g., incomplete lineage sorting and introgression) of this taxon. Finally, in light of our phylogenomic reconstruction and previous morphological and molecular information we proposed an updated odonate classification and define five new families (Amanipodagrionidae fam. nov., Mesagrionidae fam. nov., Mesopodagrionidae fam. nov., Priscagrionidae fam. nov., Protolestidae fam. nov.) and reinstate another two (Rhipidolestidae stat. res., Tatocnemididae stat. res.). Additionally, we feature the problematic taxonomic groupings for examination in future studies to improve our current phylogenetic hypothesis.

Keywords: Anchored hybrid enrichment; Damselfly; Dragonfly; Evolution; Quartet sampling; Taxonomy.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Genomics*
Male
Odonata / classification*
Odonata / genetics*
Phylogeny*