You stay, but I Hop: Host shifting near and far co-dominated the evolution of Enchenopa treehoppers.

ABSTRACT: The importance and prevalence of phylogenetic tracking between hosts and dependent organisms caused by co-evolution and shifting between closely related host species have been debated for decades. Most studies of phylogenetic tracking among phytophagous insects and their host plants have been limited to insects feeding on a narrow range of host species. However, narrow host ranges can confound phylogenetic tracking (phylogenetic tracking hypothesis) with host shifting between hosts of intermediate relationship (intermediate hypothesis). Here, we investigated the evolutionary history of the Enchenopa binotata complex of treehoppers. Each species in this complex has high host fidelity, but the entire complex uses hosts across eight plant orders. The phylogenies of E. binotata w

SUBMITTER: Hsu YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5817127 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature