Phylogenetic climatic niche conservatism in sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) and their relatives.

ABSTRACT: Phylogenetic niche conservatism is a pattern in which closely related species are more similar than distant relatives in their niche-related traits. Species in the family Psychodidae show notable diversity in climatic niche, and present an opportunity to test for phylogenetic niche conservatism, which is as yet rarely studied in insects. Some species (in the subfamily Phlebotominae) transmit Leishmania parasites, responsible for the disease leishmaniasis, and their geographic range has been systematically characterized. Psychodid genus ranges can be solely tropical, confined to the temperate zones, or span both. We obtained observation site data, and associated climate data, for 234 psychodid species to understand which aspects of climate most closely predict distribution. Temperature and

SUBMITTER: D'Agostino ERR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11612920 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature