Data from: The utility of CAD in recovering Gondwanan vicariance events and the evolutionary history of Aciliini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) ...

• Main Authors: Bukontaite, Rasa, Miller, Kelly B., Bergsten, Johannes
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2014
• Subjects: Aciliini; CAD; Gene evaluation; Phylogenetic Informativeness; H3; 28S; Adephaga; COII; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.052ng; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.052ng

Background: Aciliini presently includes 69 species of medium-sized water beetles distributed on all continents except Antarctica. The pattern of distribution with several genera confined to different continents of the Southern Hemisphere raises the yet untested hypothesis of a Gondwana vicariance origin. The monophyly of Aciliini has been questioned with regard to Eretini, and there are competing hypotheses about the intergeneric relationship in the tribe. This study is the first comprehensive phylogenetic analysis focused on the tribe Aciliini and it is based on eight gene fragments. The aims of the present study are: 1) to test the monophyly of Aciliini and clarify the position of the tribe Eretini and to resolve the relationship among genera within Aciliini, 2) to calibrate the divergence times within Aciliini and test different biogeographical scenarios, especially if a Gondwana vicariance origin is plausible, and3) to evaluate the utility of the gene CAD (rudimentary) for phylogenetic analysis in ... : Acillini_datasetnexus fileSpecimen data and NCBI accession numbersTable1.pdfTable 2. Primers. Primers used for amplification and sequencing were derived from several sourcesTable 2.pdfTable 3. Summary of the partitions and models. The best-fit partitioning scheme and model according to PartitionFinder.Table 3.pdf ...