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Fig. 2 in Relevant Relicts: The Impact of Fossil Distributions on Biogeographic Reconstruction
No full textFig. 2. Neophya, an African taxon with restricted distribution (Photo credit: K. D. Djikstra, with permission).Published as part of Barden, Phillip & Ware, Jessica L., 2017, Relevant Relicts: The Impact of Fossil Distributions on Biogeographic Reconstruction, pp. 73-80 in Insect Systematics and Diversity 1 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixx005, http://zenodo.org/record/455162
Molecular and morphological systematics of Libelluloidea (Odonata: Anisoptera) and Dictyoptera
No full textLibelluloidea are highly successful dragonflies with unique behavior and life histories. The systematics of Libelluloidea (Odonata: Anisoptera) has historically been in conflict, with little agreement about the number of families that are comprised in this large, heterogeneous group. For my PhD thesis, I have assembled the most comprehensive molecular and morphological libelluloid dataset to date, in an attempt to revise and simplify libelluloid taxonomy, and to answer questions about the evolutionary history of the group. I ran Bayesian and parsimony analyses to recover phylogenetic hypotheses with which I explore the success of Libelluloidea. Divergence estimation, a method by which nodes of a tree are dated, was first explored under different evolutionary models for a subset of libelluloid taxa in order to determine whether treatment of hydrogen-bonded ribosomal nucleotides affected the age of divergence estimates. Using methodology based on these results, I was able to estimate divergence dates and diversification rates for the first large-scale dating analysis of dragonflies. On a smaller scale, I also completed a study of Syncordulia, a vulnerable genus of endemic South African libelluloid dragonflies whose systematics was not yet confirmed. Additional studies of phylogenetic methodology were undertaken in my thesis work for another large and heterogeneous group, the Dictyoptera (Mantodea, Blattodea and Isoptera). In this study, the effect of outgroup selection was determined using a broad, comprehensive taxon set for which we had both molecular and morphological data. These results suggest that the evolution of sociality, on which much of the recent discussion in dictyopteran systematics has focused, cannot be reliably determined when different outgroups recover dramatically conflicting topologies.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references.by Jessica Lee War
Relevant Relicts: The Impact of Fossil Distributions on Biogeographic Reconstruction
No full textBarden, Phillip, Ware, Jessica L. (2017): Relevant Relicts: The Impact of Fossil Distributions on Biogeographic Reconstruction. Insect Systematics and Diversity 1 (1): 73-80, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixx005, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixx00
Fig. 1 in Relevant Relicts: The Impact of Fossil Distributions on Biogeographic Reconstruction
No full textFig. 1. The relict termite genus Mastotermes. (A) Photograph of Mastotermes darwiniensis worker in Northern Australia. Licensed under CC-BY-3.0 from CSIRO. (B) Lateral view of Mastotermes electrodominicus Krishna & Grimaldi in Miocene aged amber from the Dominican Republic. Specimen AMNH DR-99–136. (C) Approximate extant (in red) and known fossil (deposits denoted by †) range of Mastotermes species.Published as part of Barden, Phillip & Ware, Jessica L., 2017, Relevant Relicts: The Impact of Fossil Distributions on Biogeographic Reconstruction, pp. 73-80 in Insect Systematics and Diversity 1 (1) on page 74, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixx005, http://zenodo.org/record/455162
FIGURE 15 in Review of Nasuconia Sakakibara, 2006 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with description of three new species
No full textFIGURE 15. Known distribution of Nasuconia.Published as part of <i>Gonzalez-Mozo, Laura C. & Ware, Jessica L., 2023, Review of Nasuconia Sakakibara, 2006 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with description of three new species, pp. 321-340 in Zootaxa 5380 (4)</i> on page 338, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.4.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10244670">http://zenodo.org/record/10244670</a>
FIGURE 11. Forewing Cyphotes Burmeister. A. C in Review of Cyphotes Burmeister, 1835 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with the description of a related new genus
No full textFIGURE 11. Forewing Cyphotes Burmeister. A. C. nodosa; B. A. gibosa; C. A. bullata; D. C. quadrinodosa. Abbreviations: R: Radial.Published as part of <i>Gonzalez-Mozo, Laura C. & Ware, Jessica L., 2023, Review of Cyphotes Burmeister, 1835 (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with the description of a related new genus, pp. 501-525 in Zootaxa 5380 (6)</i> on page 511, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.6.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10259472">http://zenodo.org/record/10259472</a>
FIGURE 1 in Two new species of Darnini (Hemiptera: Membracidae) from Colombia and Peru
No full textFIGURE 1. Cyphotes insolita Goding on a lemon tree at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador (courtesy of Kelly Swing).Published as part of Gonzalez-Mozo, Laura, Mckamey, Stuart, Ware, Jessica L. & Hamilton, George, 2017, Two new species of Darnini (Hemiptera: Membracidae) from Colombia and Peru, pp. 108-114 in Zootaxa 4281 (1) on page 109, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4281.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/81597
FIGURE 1. Strict consensus tree from a in Biogeography and divergence time estimation of the relict Cape dragonfly genus Syncordulia: global significance and implications for conservation
No full textFIGURE 1. Strict consensus tree from a PAUP parsimony heuristic search; 10,000 addition sequence replicates; bootstrap support shown above branchesPublished as part of Ware, Jessica L., Simaika, John P. & Samways, Michael J., 2009, Biogeography and divergence time estimation of the relict Cape dragonfly genus Syncordulia: global significance and implications for conservation, pp. 22-36 in Zootaxa 2216 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2216.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/532175
FIGURE 3. R8S in Biogeography and divergence time estimation of the relict Cape dragonfly genus Syncordulia: global significance and implications for conservation
No full textFIGURE 3. R8S analysis on a 26-taxon tree; Geological maps adapted from figures on rst.gsfc.nasa.gov.Published as part of Ware, Jessica L., Simaika, John P. & Samways, Michael J., 2009, Biogeography and divergence time estimation of the relict Cape dragonfly genus Syncordulia: global significance and implications for conservation, pp. 22-36 in Zootaxa 2216 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2216.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/532175
The Future for a Prominent Taxonomy
No full textHamilton, Chris A., Shockley, Floyd W., Simmons, Rebecca, Smith, Aaron, Ware, Jessica, Zaspel, Jennifer M. (2021): The Future for a Prominent Taxonomy. Insect Systematics and Diversity (AIFB) 5 (1), No. 2: 1-2, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixaa020, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa02
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