Analysis of shape variation in phalops erichson genus (coleoptera, scarabaeoidea, onthophagini)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Roggero, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fourier analysis; Genitalia armures; Geometric morphometrics analysis; Onthophagini; Phalops; Procrustes distance

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY;

COLEOPTERA; PROCRUSTES; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 1942466609     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356553     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Adams, D. C., Rohlf, F. J., and Slice, D. E., 2003. Geometric morphometrics:ten years of progress following the ‘revolution’. Ital.J. Zool., 71:5–16.
2. Adams, D. C., and Rosenberg, M. S., 1998. Partial warps, phylogeny, and onthogeny:a comment on Fink and Zelditch (1995). Syst. Biol., 47:168–173.
3. Alibert, P., Moureau, B., Dommergues, J.-L., and David, B., 2001. Differentiation at a microgeographical scale within two species of ground beetles, Carabus auronitens and C. nemoralis (Coleoptera, Carabidae):a geometrical morphometric approach. Zool. Scr., 30:299–311.
4. Arrow, G. J., 1931. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia (Coprinae) London:Taylor & Francis. Part III
5. Balthasar, V., 1963. “ Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodi-idae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region ”. In Coleoptera Lamellicornia, Coprinae (Onitini, Oniticellini, Onthophagini) Vol. Band 2, Prague:Verlag Tschech. Akad. Wiss.
6. Barbero, E., Palestrini, C., and Roggero, A., 2003. Revision of the genus Pbalops Erichson, 1848 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae:Onthophagini), Monografie XXXVIII Torino:Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino.
7. Bookstein, F. L., 1991. Morphometrics tools for landmarks data. Geometry and biology, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.
8. Cambefort, Y., 1984. Etude écologique dès coléoptères Scarabaeidae de Côte d'Ivoire. Trav. des Chercheurs de la Station de Lamto, 3:1–294.
9. David, B., and Laurin, B., 1996. Morphometrics and cladistics:measuring phylogeny in the sea urchin Echinocardium. Evolution, 50:348–359.
10. d'Orbigny, H., 1913. Synopsis des onthophagides d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr., 82:1–742.
11. Erichson, W. F., 1848. “ Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deuthschlands ”. In Erste Abtheilung. Coleoptera. Dritten Band I, Scaphidilia - Scarabeides Berlin:Nicolai.
12. Ferreira, M. C., 1968–69. Os escarabídeos de Africa (Sul do Sáara). Rev. Entomol. Moçamb., 11:1–1088.
13. Fink, W. L., and Zelditch, M. L., 1995. Phylogenetic analysis of ontogenetic shape trasformations:a reassessment of the piranha genus Pygocentrus (Teleostei). Syst. Biol., 44:343–360.
14. Lewis, P. O., 2001. A likelihood approach to estimating phylogeny from discrete morphological character data. Syst. Biol., 50:913–925.
15. Marcus, L. F., Corti, M., Loy, A., Naylor, G. J. P., and Slice, D. E., 1996. Advances in morphometrics, NATO ASI Series New York:Plenum Press.
16. Monti, L., Baylac, M., and Lalanne-Cassou, B., 2001. Elliptic Fourier analysis of the form of genitalia in two Spodoptera species and their hybrids (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc, 72:391–400.
17. Rohlf, F. J., 1993. “ Relative warp analysis and an example of its application to mosquito wings ”. In Contributions to morphometrics, Edited by:Marcus, L. F., Bello, E., and Garcia-Valdecasas, A., 131–159. Madrid:Mus. Nacion. Ciencias Nat.
18. Rohlf, F. J., 1998. On applications of geometric morphometrics to studies of ontogeny and phylogeny. Syst. Biol., 47:147–158.
19. Rohlf, F. J., 1998–2002. NTSYSpc. Numerical taxonomy and multivariate analysis system, v2.11, Setauket, New York:Exeter Software.
20. Rohlf, F. J., 1999. Shape statistics:Procrustes superimpositions and tangent space. J. Classif., 16:197–223.
21. Rohlf, F. J., 2001a. Comparative methods for the analysis of continuous variables:geometric interpretations. Evolution, 55:2143–2160.
22. Rohlf, F. J., 2001b. TpsDig 1.31, Stony Brook, NY:Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York. Available at http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/
23. Rohlf, F. J., 2001c. TpsRelw 1.24, Stony Brook, NY:Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York. Available at http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/
24. Rohlf, F. J., 2002a. TpsPLS 1.11, Stony Brook, NY:Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York. Available at http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/
25. Rohlf, F. J., 2002b. “ Geometric morphometrics in systematics ”. In Morphology, shape and phylogenetics, Edited by:Forey, P., and McLeod, N., 175–193. London:Taylor & Francis.
26. Rohlf, F. J., and Corti, M., 2000. Use of two-block partial least-squares to study covariation in shape. Syst. Biol., 49:740–753.
27. Rohlf, F. J., and Slice, D. E., 1990. Extensions of the Procrustes method for the optimal superimposition of landmarks. Syst. Zool., 39:40–59.
28. Roth, V. L., and Mercer, J. M., 2000. Morphometrics in development and evolution. Am. Zool., 40:801–810.
29. Slice, E. D., 1994–2000. Morpheus, Stony Brook, NY:Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York. Available at http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/
30. Streissguth, A. P., Bookstein, F. L., Sampson, P. D., and Barr, H. M., 1993. The enduring effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on child development, a partial least squares solution, Ann Arbor:University of Michigan Press.
31. Thiele, K., 1993. The Holy Grail of the perfect character:the cladistic treatment of morphometric data. Cladistics, 9:275–304.
32. Voight, J. R., 2002. Morphometric analysis of male reproductive features of octopodids (Mollusca:Cephalopoda). Biol. Bull., 202:148–155.
33. Wiens, J. J., 2001. Character analysis in morphological phylogenetics:problems and solutions. Syst. Biol., 50:689–699.
34. Zelditch, M. L., Fink, W. L., Swideski, D. L., and Lundrigan, B. L., 1998. On applications of geometric morphometrics to studies of ontogeny and phylogeny:a reply to Rohlf. Syst. Biol., 47:159–167.