DOI: 10.5061/dryad.gm201
title: Data from: A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

description: Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) is extremely diverse with an estimated 500 000
 species. We present the first phylogenetic analysis of the superfamily
 based on both morphological and molecular data. A web-based, systematics
 workbench mx was used to score 945 character states illustrated by 648
 figures for 233 morphological characters for a total of 66 645
 observations for 300 taxa. The matrix covers 22 chalcidoid families
 recognized herein and includes 268 genera within 78 of 83 subfamilies.
 Morphological data were analysed alone and in combination with molecular
 data from ribosomal 18S (2105 bp) and 28S D2–D5 expansion regions (1812
 bp). Analyses were analysed alone and in combined datasets using
 implied-weights parsimony and likelihood. Proposed changes in higher
 classification resulting from the analyses include: (i) recognition of
 Eriaporidae, revised status; (ii) recognition of Cynipencyrtidae, revised
 status; (iii) recognition of Azotidae, revised status; (iv) inclusion of
 Sycophaginae in Agaonidae, revised status; (v) reclassification of
 Aphelinidae to include Aphelininae, Calesinae, Coccophaginae,
 Eretmocerinae and Eriaphytinae; (vi) inclusion of Cratominae and
 Panstenoninae within Pteromalinae (Pteromalidae), new synonymy; (vii)
 inclusion of Epichrysomallinae in Pteromalidae, revised status. At a
 higher level, Chalcidoidea was monophyletic, with Mymaridae the sister
 group of Rotoitidae plus the remaining Chalcidoidea. A eulophid lineage
 was recovered that included Aphelinidae, Azotidae, Eulophidae,
 Signiphoridae, Tetracampidae and Trichogrammatidae. Eucharitidae and
 Perilampidae were monophyletic if Eutrichosomatinae (Pteromalidae) was
 included, and Eupelmidae was monophyletic if Oodera (Pteromalidae:
 Cleonyminae) was included. Likelihood recovered a clade of Eupelmidae +
 (Tanaostigmatidae + (Cynipencyrtus + Encyrtidae). Support for other
 lineages and their impact on the classification of Chalcidoidea is
 discussed. Several life-history traits are mapped onto the new phylogeny.
description: Chalcid_datasetCombined
 2012Chalcid_datasetCombined.TNTChalcidoidea Morphology Matrix 2012Contains the original characters with all trees for mapping.Nexus File_ ChalcidMorphology_withtrees_Mesquite.nexChalcid Workshop Riverside 2005Includes data used at the original workshop. Compiled by Liljeblad, Heraty & Burks.Workshop Characters 2006Characters (461 total remaining) after evaluation at workshop, with editorial comments.Characters_Chalcid_461_2006.pdfFig. S1_TNT-RAXML-MorphoOnlyRed2Fig. S1. Results for morphological character data only: RAxML single best known likelihood tree and parsimony (Equal Weights TNT New Technology Search) results.Fig. S2_treeTNTtraditional2Fig. S2. Unweighted parsimony (TNT New Technology Search) results for combined data.Fig. S3_treeTNT_WincladaFig. S3. Unambiguous apomorphies mapped onto Implied Weights results of combined data using Winclada.Fig. S4_treeRAXML_WincladaFig. S4. Unambiguous apomorphies mapped onto RAxML extended majority rule consensus of combined data using Winclada.Table S1_sampling_tableTable S1. List of specimens, classification, mx identification numbers and Genbank accession numbers.Table S2 Morphology MatrixMorphological Character Matrix (Excel).