Climate change has different predicted effects on the range shifts of two hybridizing ambush bug (Phymata, Family Reduviidae, Order Hemiptera) species.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

A universal attribute of species is that their distributions are limited by numerous factors that may be difficult to quantify. Furthermore, climate change-induced range shifts have been reported in many taxa, and understanding the implications of these shifts remains a priority and a challenge. Here, we use Maxent to predict current suitable habitat and to project future distributions of two closely related, parapatrically distributed Phymata species in light of anthropogenic climate change.

Location

North America.

Taxon

Phymata americana Melin 1930 and Phymata pennsylvanica Handlirsch 1897, Family: Reduviidae, Order: Hemiptera.

Methods

We used the maximum entropy modeling software Maxent to identify environmental variables main

SUBMITTER: Zhang VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7664010 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature