Predicting Potential Range Shifts and Molecular Approaches in Four <i>Diolcogaster</i> Ashmead Species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae).

ABSTRACT: Diolcogaster Ashmead is a genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) wasps with patchy distribution ranges. This study assessed and predicted the geographical distribution of four Diolcogaster species worldwide using field data and species distribution models (SDMs). The models projected the contemporary and future distributional ranges for the twenty-first century. Nine informative environmental variables were employed to model the ecological niche with the MaxEnt model. Furthermore, a maximum likelihood phylogenetic estimation tree was reconstructed using IQ-TREE, with the underlying data being COI-based. Finally, PopART was used to perform a haplotype network analysis to assess the haplotype diversity and evolutionary distances of the four Diolcogaster

SUBMITTER: Moeinadini A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12657638 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature