Phylogenomics resolves the higher-level phylogeny of herbivorous eriophyoid mites (Acariformes : Eriophyoidea)

© 2024. The Author(s)..

BACKGROUND: Eriophyoid mites (Eriophyoidea) are among the largest groups in the Acariformes; they are strictly phytophagous. The higher-level phylogeny of eriophyoid mites, however, remains unresolved due to the limited number of available morphological characters-some of them are homoplastic. Nevertheless, the eriophyoid mites sequenced to date showed highly variable mitochondrial (mt) gene orders, which could potentially be useful for resolving the higher-level phylogenetic relationships.

RESULTS: Here, we sequenced and compared the complete mt genomes of 153 eriophyoid mite species, which showed 54 patterns of rearranged mt gene orders relative to that of the hypothetical ancestor of arthropods. The shared derived mt gene clusters support the monophyly of eriophyoid mites (Eriophyoidea) as a whole and the monophylies of six clades within Eriophyoidea. These monophyletic groups and their relationships were largely supported in the phylogenetic trees inferred from mt genome sequences as well. Our molecular dating results showed that Eriophyoidea originated in the Triassic and diversified in the Cretaceous, coinciding with the diversification of angiosperms.

CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals multiple molecular synapomorphies (i.e. shared derived mt gene clusters) at different levels (i.e. family, subfamily or tribe level) from the complete mt genomes of 153 eriophyoid mite species. We demonstrated the use of derived mt gene clusters in unveiling the higher-level phylogeny of eriophyoid mites, and underlines the origin of these mites and their co-diversification with angiosperms.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

BMC biology - 22(2024), 1 vom: 22. März, Seite 70

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Yi-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xin-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Wei-Nan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Jing-Tao [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Xiao-Yue [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Renfu [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Xiao-Feng [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Divergence time
Eriophyoid mites
Gene order
Higher-level phylogeny
Journal Article
Mitochondrial genomes
Synteny

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12915-024-01870-9

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370095006