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Invertebrate Systematics

Invertebrate Systematics

Volume 39 Number 9 2025

IS25016Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the family Chlorogomphidae (Odonata, Anisoptera)

Thomas Schneider, Andy Vierstraete 0000-0001-5005-8882, Oleg E. Kosterin 0000-0001-5955-4057, Dietmar Ikemeyer 0000-0003-0751-3266, Fang-Shuo Hu 0000-0003-1269-8904, Tom Kompier 0000-0001-9488-7746 and Henri J. Dumont

Two photographs of Chlorogomphus dragonflies, C. aritai on the left and and C. suzukii on the right.

Phylogenetic analysis of Chlorogomphidae, using both nuclear and mitochondrial markers, revealed that the family is best treated as containing a single genus, Chlorogomphus. Chlorogomphus montanus is synonymised to Chlorogomphus nasutus, and Chlorogomphus urolobatus is synonymised to Chlorogomphus infuscatus. The previous synonymy of Chlorogomphus suzukii and Chlorogomphus tunti is confirmed. Other potential synonyms are discussed, including C. nasutus, which actually refers to two (not three) species – herein considered as C. nasutus and C. satoi – leaving the genus with 56 species. (Image credit: left, Tom Kompier; right, Fang-Shuo Hu.)

IS24087The phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic pseudoscorpion family Menthidae (Pseudoscorpiones): a revised superfamily assignment based on new molecular data

Mark S. Harvey 0000-0003-1482-0109, Ligia R. Benavides 0000-0003-4387-1220, Terrence L. Miller, Julia G. Cosgrove 0000-0003-2776-699X, Gonzalo Giribet 0000-0002-5467-8429 and Michael G. Rix 0000-0001-5086-3638

A picture of Specimen of Thenmus aigialites (left) and phylogenetic analysis (right) that reveals that the newly collected menthid pseudoscorpion belongs to the superfamily Neobisioidea.

Pseudoscorpions are an ancient arachnid group with a fossil record that extends to the Devonian, with all modern families having likely evolved during the Mesozoic. One of the rarest pseudoscorpion families, Menthidae, is sporadically distributed around the world, and ever since its description has been included in the superfamily Garypoidea. Based on new Sanger sequencing and phylotranscriptomic data, Menthidae are inferred to be a member of the superfamily Neobisioidea, and the sister-group to a clade that includes Gymnobisiidae, Neobisiidae and some Syarinidae. (Image credit: Mark Harvey.)

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