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RESEARCH ARTICLE

A genome-wide approach for uncovering evolutionary relationships of Australian Bactrocera species complexes (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Renee A. Catullo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1790-7085 A B C D I , Heng L. Yeap B , Siu F. Lee B C , Jason G. Bragg E , Jodie Cheesman F , Stefano De Faveri F , Owain Edwards B , Alvin K. W. Hee G , Angel D. Popa B C , Michele Schiffer H and John G. Oakeshott B
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A School of Science and Health and Hawkesbury Institute of the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.

B Land and Water Flagship, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, Australia.

C Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia.

D Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, Ecology & Evolution, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

E Royal Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.

F Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, 28 Peters Street, Mareeba, QLD 4880, Australia.

G Department of Biology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.

H Daintree Rainforest Observatory, James Cook University, Cape Tribulation, Qld 4873, Australia.

I Corresponding author. Email: renee.catullo@gmail.com

Invertebrate Systematics 33(4) 618-627 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS18065
Submitted: 10 August 2018  Accepted: 4 February 2019   Published: 2 August 2019

Abstract

Australia and Southeast Asia are hotspots of global diversity in the fruit-fly genus Bactrocera. Although a great diversity of species has been long recognised, evolutionary relationships are poorly understood, largely because previous sequencing techniques have provided insufficient historical signal for phylogenetic reconstruction. Poorly understood biogeographic history in Bactrocera has prevented a deeper understanding of migratory patterns in this economically important pest group. Using representatives from Australia and Malaysia, we tested the utility of a genome-reduction approach that generates thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms for phylogenetic reconstructions. This approach has high utility for species identification because of the ease of sample addition over time, and the species-level specificity able to be achieved with the markers. These data have provided a strongly supported phylogenetic tree congruent with topologies generated using more intensive sequencing approaches. In addition, our results do not support taxonomic assignments to species complex for a number of species, such as B. endiandrae in the dorsalis complex, yet find a close relationship between B. pallida and the dorsalis species. Our data have further validated non-monophyletic evolution of male response to primary attractants. We also showed at least two diversification events between Australia and Southeast Asia, indicating trans-regional dispersal in important pest species.


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