{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Niu G"],"funding":["Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation","National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["858"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9604231"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The systematic status of the genus <i>Athalia</i> and related genera is a perennial controversy in sawfly taxonomy. Several authors have hypothesized that the placement of <i>Athalia</i> within the Tenthredinidae is artificial, but no studies have focused on this topic. If the hypothesis that <i>Athalia</i> does not belong to Tenthredinidae can be supported, the taxonomic framework of Tenthredinoidea needs revision. We present a comprehensive phylogenomic study of Tenthredinoidae, focusing on the positions of <i>Athalia</i> and related genera by sampling 80 representatives mainly of the Tenthredinoidea, including Heptamelinae and Blasticotomidae. Our phylogenetic reconstructions based on nuclear genes and mitochondrial (mt) sequences support <i>Athalia</i> and related genera as a distinct clade sister to Tenthredinidae + (Cimbicidae + Diprionidae). A comparison of symphytan mitochondrial genomes reveals an innovative gene rearrangement pattern in Athaliidae, in which <i>Dentathalia</i> demonstrates a more ancestral pattern than <i>Athalia</i> and <i>Hypsathalia</i>. The lineage specificity of mt rRNA secondary structures also provides sufficient support to consider Athaliidae as a separate family. In summary, the phylogeny and genomic structural changes unanimously support the taxonomic treatment of Athaliidae as a family and the re-establishment of <i>Dentathalia</i> as a valid genus."],"journal":["Insects"],"pubmed_title":["Phylogenomic Analyses of the Tenthredinoidea Support the Familial Rank of Athaliidae (Insecta, Tenthredinoidea)."],"pmcid":["PMC9604231"],"funding_grant_id":["31501885","31970447","20202BABL213044"],"pubmed_authors":["Wan S","Wei M","Dogan O","Jouault C","Cai C","Budak M","Nel A","Niu G","Li M","Korkmaz EM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Phylogenomic Analyses of the Tenthredinoidea Support the Familial Rank of Athaliidae (Insecta, Tenthredinoidea).","description":"The systematic status of the genus <i>Athalia</i> and related genera is a perennial controversy in sawfly taxonomy. Several authors have hypothesized that the placement of <i>Athalia</i> within the Tenthredinidae is artificial, but no studies have focused on this topic. If the hypothesis that <i>Athalia</i> does not belong to Tenthredinidae can be supported, the taxonomic framework of Tenthredinoidea needs revision. We present a comprehensive phylogenomic study of Tenthredinoidae, focusing on the positions of <i>Athalia</i> and related genera by sampling 80 representatives mainly of the Tenthredinoidea, including Heptamelinae and Blasticotomidae. Our phylogenetic reconstructions based on nuclear genes and mitochondrial (mt) sequences support <i>Athalia</i> and related genera as a distinct clade sister to Tenthredinidae + (Cimbicidae + Diprionidae). A comparison of symphytan mitochondrial genomes reveals an innovative gene rearrangement pattern in Athaliidae, in which <i>Dentathalia</i> demonstrates a more ancestral pattern than <i>Athalia</i> and <i>Hypsathalia</i>. The lineage specificity of mt rRNA secondary structures also provides sufficient support to consider Athaliidae as a separate family. In summary, the phylogeny and genomic structural changes unanimously support the taxonomic treatment of Athaliidae as a family and the re-establishment of <i>Dentathalia</i> as a valid genus.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Sep","modification":"2026-04-08T18:26:33.284Z","creation":"2025-04-19T04:21:52.845Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9604231","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36292806"],"doi":["10.3390/insects13100858"]}}