A revised classification of the assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) based on combined analysis of phylogenomic and morphological data-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A revised classification of the assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) based on combined analysis of phylogenomic and morphological data

Published:2024-07-17 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0307-6970
Container-title:Systematic Entomology
language:en
Short-container-title:Systematic Entomology

Author:

Masonick Paul K.¹^ORCID,Knyshov Alex²^ORCID,Gordon Eric R. L.³^ORCID,Forero Dimitri⁴^ORCID,Hwang Wei Song⁵^ORCID,Hoey‐Chamberlain Rochelle¹^ORCID,Bush Tatiana¹^ORCID,Castillo Stephanie¹^ORCID,Hernandez Madison¹^ORCID,Ramirez Jamie¹^ORCID,Standring Samantha⁶^ORCID,Zhang Junxia⁷^ORCID,Weirauch Christiane¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Entomology University of California Riverside California USA

2. Department of Medicine Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA

3. Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut USA

4. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá Colombia

5. Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum National University of Singapore Singapore

6. Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences Brigham Young University Provo Utah USA

7. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, College of Life Sciences Hebei University Baoding Hebei China

Abstract

AbstractAssassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae Latreille) comprise not only one of the largest radiations of predatory animals (22 subfamilies; >6,800 spp.) but also include the medically important kissing bugs (Triatominae Jeannel). Reduviidae are morphologically diverse, engage in an astounding array of predatory strategies and have evolved some of the most unique anti‐predator and stealth techniques in the animal kingdom. While significant progress has been made to reveal the evolutionary history of assassin bugs and revise their taxonomy, the non‐monophyly of the second largest assassin bug subfamily, Reduviinae Latreille, remains to be addressed. Leveraging phylogenomic data (2,291 loci) and 112 morphological characters, we performed the first data‐ and taxon‐rich (195 reduvioid taxa) combined phylogenetic analysis across Reduvioidea and reconstructed morphological diagnostic features for major lineages. We corroborated the rampant polyphyly of Reduviinae that demands substantial revisions to the subfamilial and tribal classification of assassin bugs. Our new classification for Reduviidae reduces the number of subfamilies to 19 and recognizes 40 tribes. We describe three new subfamilies to accommodate distantly related taxa previously classified as Reduviinae (Heteropinae subfam. nov., Nanokeralinae subfam. nov., and Pasirinae subfam. nov.). Triatominae sensu nov. are expanded to include closely related predatory reduviine genera. Cetherinae Jeannel, Chryxinae Champion, Pseudocetherinae Villiers, Salyavatinae Amyot & Serville and Sphaeridopinae Amyot & Serville are treated as junior synonyms of Reduviinae sensu nov. Epiroderinae Distant are synonymized with Phimophorinae Handlirsch sensu nov. and Bactrodini Stål stat. nov. are reclassified as a tribe of Harpactorinae Amyot & Serville. Psophidinae Distant is treated as a valid subfamily. This new classification represents a robust framework for future taxonomic and evolutionary research on assassin bugs.Zoobank Registration: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2310C9AA-0D53-4EF6-9E75-C2B3A98CE096

Funder

National Science Foundation

Publisher

Wiley

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