Evolutionary patterns in biogeography and host plant association: ‘taxonomic conservatism’ in Lophopidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha)

  1. ADELINE SOULIER-PERKINS*,
  2. DAVID OUVRARD,
  3. MARC ATTIÉ,
  4. THIERRY BOURGOIN

Article first published online: 28 FEB 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00365.x

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Systematic Entomology

Systematic Entomology

Volume 32, Issue 2, pages 305–311, April 2007

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SOULIER-PERKINS, A., OUVRARD, D., ATTIÉ, M. and BOURGOIN, T. (2007), Evolutionary patterns in biogeography and host plant association: ‘taxonomic conservatism’ in Lophopidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha). Systematic Entomology, 32: 305–311. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00365.x

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  1. 1 Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, Paris, France, 2Naturhistorisches Museum Basle, Basle, Switzerland and 3Université de La Réunion, Faculté des Sciences, Peuplements Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France

*Adeline Soulier-Perkins, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, USM 601, UMR 5202 CNRS, 45 rue Buffon, Case Postale 50, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France. E-mail: soulier@mnhn.fr

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  1. Issue published online: 28 FEB 2007
  2. Article first published online: 28 FEB 2007
  3. Accepted 14 July 2006First published online 28 February 2007

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Abstract The association between the Lophopidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha) and their host plants was studied within a phylogenetic framework. Host plant use was optimized on Lophopidae phylogeny and the most parsimonious hypothesis is presented. This hypothesis describes the evolution of host plant use by the Lophopidae, and postulates the ancestral plant family used. This scenario is discussed within the biogeographical evolutionary context of the fulgoromorphan families, and is corroborated by information from both insect and host plant fossils. The association of the Lophopidae and their host plants is made by comparing the angiosperms and Lophopidae phylogenies, demonstrating at this level of comparison that the insects show ‘taxonomic conservatism’ for their host plants.

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