Sterrhinae Meyrick 1892
Creators: name: Murillo-Ramos, Leidys
name: Brehm, Gunnar
name: Sihvonen, Pasi
name: Hausmann, Axel
name: Holm, Sille
name: Ghanavi, Hamid Reza
name: Õunap, Erki
name: Truuverk, Andro
name: Staude, Hermann
name: Friedrich, Egbert
name: Tammaru, Toomas
name: Wahlberg, Niklas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Sterrhinae

description: Sterrhinae Meyrick, 1892 We included 74 Sterrhinae taxa in our analyses, with all tribes recognized in <i>Forum Herbulot (2007)</i> being represented. The recovered patterns generally agree with previous phylogenetic hypotheses of the subfamily (<i>Sihvonen &amp; Kaila, 2004</i>, <i>Sihvonen et al., 2011</i>). The genera <i>Ergavia</i> Walker, 1866, <i>Ametris</i> Guenée, 1858 and <i>Macrotes</i> Westwood, 1841, which currently are placed in Oenochrominae were found to form a well-defined lineage within Sterrhinae with strong support (SH-Like = 99 UFBoot2 = 100). These genera are distributed in the New World, whereas the range of true Oenochrominae is restricted to the Australian and Oriental Regions. <i>Sihvonen et al. (2011)</i> already found that <i>Ergavia</i> and <i>Afrophyla</i> Warren, 1895 belong to Sterrhinae and suggested more extensive analyses to clarify the position of these genera, which we did. <i>Afrophyla</i> was transferred to Sterrhinae by <i>Sihvonen &amp; Staude (2011)</i> and <i>Ergavia</i>, <i>Ametris</i> and <i>Macrotes</i> (plus <i>Almodes</i> Guenée, (1858)) will be transferred by P. Sihvonen et al. (2019, unpublished data). Cosymbiini, Timandrini, Rhodometrini and Lythriini are closely related as shown previously (<i>Sihvonen &amp; Kaila, 2004</i>; <i>Õunap, Viidalepp &amp; Saarma, 2008</i>; <i>Sihvonenetal., 2011</i>). Cosymbiini appear as sister to the Timandrini + <i>Traminda</i> Saalmüller, 1891 + <i>Pseudosterrha</i> Warren, 1888 and Rhodometrini + Lythriini clade. Lythriini are closely related to Rhodometrini as shown by <i>Õunap, Viidalepp &amp; Saarma (2008)</i> with both molecular and morphological data. <i>Traminda</i> (Timandrini) and <i>Pseudosterrha</i> (Cosymbiini) grouped together forming a lineage that is sister to the Rhodometrini + Lythriini clade (Fig. 2). Rhodostrophiini and Cyllopodini were recovered as polyphyletic with species of Cyllopodini clustering within Rhodostrophiini. Similar results were recovered previously (<i>Sihvonen &amp; Kaila, 2004</i>; <i>Sihvonen et al., 2011</i>), suggesting that additional work is needed to be done to clarify the status and systematic positions of these tribes. Sterrhini and Scopulini were recovered as sister taxa as proposed by <i>Sihvonen &amp; Kaila (2004)</i>, <i>Hausmann (2004)</i>, <i>Õunap, Viidalepp &amp; Saarma (2008)</i> and <i>Sihvonenetal. (2011)</i>. Our new phylogenetic hypothesis constitutes a large step towards understanding the evolutionary relationships of the major lineages of Sterrhinae. Further taxonomic changes and more detailed interpretation of the clades will be dealt with by P. Sihvonen et al. (2019, unpublisheddata).
description: Published as part of <i>Murillo-Ramos, Leidys, Brehm, Gunnar, Sihvonen, Pasi, Hausmann, Axel, Holm, Sille, Ghanavi, Hamid Reza, Õunap, Erki, Truuverk, Andro, Staude, Hermann, Friedrich, Egbert, Tammaru, Toomas &amp; Wahlberg, Niklas, 2019, A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies, pp. 1-39 in PeerJ 7</i> on page 18, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7386, http://zenodo.org/record/5767530
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