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The Phylogenetic Placement of an Enigmatic Moth Egybolis Vaillantina Based on Museomics

Zahiri, Reza ; Holloway, Jeremy D. ; Ghanavi, Hamid Reza LU orcid ; Aarvik, Leif and Wahlberg, Niklas LU (2023) In Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 2(1).
Abstract
Here, we present multi-locus sequencing results from the enigmatic Afrotropical monotypic genus Egybolis Boisduval (occurring in East- and South Africa—previously placed in the subfamily Catocalinae, Noctuidae). Model-based phylogenetic analysis places Egybolis within a strongly supported clade comprising four Old World Tropical genera Cocytia Boisduval, Avatha Walker, Anereuthina Hübner, and Serrodes Guenée from the family Erebidae, subfamily Erebinae. Hence, we propose to formally assign the monotypic genus Egybolis to the subfamily Erebinae and the tribe Cocytiini. Timing of divergence analysis reveals the late Oligocene origin around 25 million years ago (Ma) for the tribe Cocytiini, and an early Miocene ( ~21 Ma) for the split between... (More)
Here, we present multi-locus sequencing results from the enigmatic Afrotropical monotypic genus Egybolis Boisduval (occurring in East- and South Africa—previously placed in the subfamily Catocalinae, Noctuidae). Model-based phylogenetic analysis places Egybolis within a strongly supported clade comprising four Old World Tropical genera Cocytia Boisduval, Avatha Walker, Anereuthina Hübner, and Serrodes Guenée from the family Erebidae, subfamily Erebinae. Hence, we propose to formally assign the monotypic genus Egybolis to the subfamily Erebinae and the tribe Cocytiini. Timing of divergence analysis reveals the late Oligocene origin around 25 million years ago (Ma) for the tribe Cocytiini, and an early Miocene ( ~21 Ma) for the split between Cocytia and Egybolis. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Here, we present multi-locus sequencing results from the enigmatic Afrotropical monotypic genus Egybolis Boisduval (occurring in East- and South Africa—previously placed in the subfamily Catocalinae, Noctuidae). Model-based phylogenetic analysis places Egybolis within a strongly supported clade comprising four Old World Tropical genera Cocytia Boisduval, Avatha Walker, Anereuthina Hübner, and Serrodes Guenée from the family Erebidae, subfamily Erebinae. Hence, we propose to formally assign the monotypic genus Egybolis to the subfamily Erebinae and the tribe Cocytiini. Timing of divergence analysis reveals the late Oligocene origin around 25 million years ago (Ma) for the tribe Cocytiini, and an early Miocene ( ~21 Ma) for the split between Cocytia and Egybolis.}},
  author       = {{Zahiri, Reza and Holloway, Jeremy D. and Ghanavi, Hamid Reza and Aarvik, Leif and Wahlberg, Niklas}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  series       = {{Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists}},
  title        = {{The Phylogenetic Placement of an Enigmatic Moth Egybolis Vaillantina Based on Museomics}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v2i1.9248}},
  doi          = {{10.18061/bssb.v2i1.9248}},
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