We examined the global biogeography of the Scytodes thoracica group of spitting spiders based on 23 years of sampling at the species level(61 species in the thoracica group and 84 species of Scytodes)using DNA data fr...We examined the global biogeography of the Scytodes thoracica group of spitting spiders based on 23 years of sampling at the species level(61 species in the thoracica group and 84 species of Scytodes)using DNA data from six loci.Our results indicated that the thoracica group initially dispersed from Southeast Asia to East Africa between 46.5 and 33.0 million years ago,and dispersal events intensified between Southeast/South Asia and East/South Africa from the early to late Miocene.The timing of these events indicates that Asian-African faunal exchange of the thoracica group was driven by the Indian monsoon,and the pattern of dispersal suggests that colonialization took root when the Indian monsoon shifted from a North-South direction to an East-West direction from the middle Eocene.展开更多
Nine new species of the genus Stedocys Ono, 1995 are described： Stedocys gaolingensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♂♀, Guangxi）, S. huangniuensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♀, Guangxi）, S. ludiyanensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♂♀, Guangxi...Nine new species of the genus Stedocys Ono, 1995 are described： Stedocys gaolingensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♂♀, Guangxi）, S. huangniuensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♀, Guangxi）, S. ludiyanensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♂♀, Guangxi）, S. matuoensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♀, Guangxi）, S. pulianensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♂, Guangxi）, S. shilinensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♂♀, Hainan）, S. xianrenensis Wu ＆ Li sp. n. （♂♀, Guangxi）, S. xiangzhouensis Wu ＆ Li sp. n. （♂♀, Guangxi） from China, and S. zhaoi Wu ＆ Li sp. nov. （♂♀, Kanchanaburi） from Thailand. Diagnoses of nine new species are provided. DNA barcodes for six new species are documented for future use and as proof of molecular differences between these species.展开更多
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to S.Q.L.(XDB31000000)National Natural Sciences Foundation of China to Y.F.L.(NSFC-31860602,32170463,31660611)。
文摘We examined the global biogeography of the Scytodes thoracica group of spitting spiders based on 23 years of sampling at the species level(61 species in the thoracica group and 84 species of Scytodes)using DNA data from six loci.Our results indicated that the thoracica group initially dispersed from Southeast Asia to East Africa between 46.5 and 33.0 million years ago,and dispersal events intensified between Southeast/South Asia and East/South Africa from the early to late Miocene.The timing of these events indicates that Asian-African faunal exchange of the thoracica group was driven by the Indian monsoon,and the pattern of dispersal suggests that colonialization took root when the Indian monsoon shifted from a North-South direction to an East-West direction from the middle Eocene.
基金supported by the Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Sciences(2015CASEABRI005,Y4ZK111B01)the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China to Shu-Qiang Li(NSFC-31471960,31530067)and Yu-Fa Luo(NSFC-31660611,31460554)+1 种基金Part of the laboratory work was financially supported by the Key Project of Science and Technology of Jiangxi(20161BBF60076)the Landing Project of Science and Technology of Colleges and Universities in Jiangxi Province of China(KJLD14081)
文摘Nine new species of the genus Stedocys Ono, 1995 are described： Stedocys gaolingensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♂♀, Guangxi）, S. huangniuensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♀, Guangxi）, S. ludiyanensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♂♀, Guangxi）, S. matuoensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♀, Guangxi）, S. pulianensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♂, Guangxi）, S. shilinensis Wu ＆ Lisp. n. （♂♀, Hainan）, S. xianrenensis Wu ＆ Li sp. n. （♂♀, Guangxi）, S. xiangzhouensis Wu ＆ Li sp. n. （♂♀, Guangxi） from China, and S. zhaoi Wu ＆ Li sp. nov. （♂♀, Kanchanaburi） from Thailand. Diagnoses of nine new species are provided. DNA barcodes for six new species are documented for future use and as proof of molecular differences between these species.
