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Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

10-Minute Paper

SysEB: Phylogenetics

A review of Anotia Kirby (Derbidae) north of Mexico

Sunday, October 31, 2021
3:30 PM – 3:42 PM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 505-507
In-Person
The species of Anotia Kirby, 1821 found north of Mexico are reviewed and putative diagnostic differences among species investigated. Male terminalia are explored to test species diagnostic differences, historically based on coloration. DNA sequence data (COI barcode region and 18S) were collected for available taxa to test species definitions and the validity of Amalopota Van Duzee, 1889, a subjective junior synonym of Anotia. We recognize 10 species of Anotia north of Mexico, including 8 (of 10) species previously recognized plus Anotia firebugia Bahder & Bartlett, 2020 recorded from southern Texas and an undescribed species near A. robertsonii.  Molecular evidence suggests Amalopota is phylogenetically basal, but paraphyletic with respect to Anotia s.s. and so cannot be recognized as a valid taxon, supporting the assertion of Fennah (1952).  Further research is needed to investigate Anotia fauna south of the US, which appears to include several new species, and to examine whether taxa from the eastern hemisphere can be properly placed in Anotia as advocated by Emeljanov (1992, 1999).