Evolutionary biology of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)

G Giribet, PP Sharma - Annual Review of Entomology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Opiliones are one of the largest arachnid orders, with more than 6,500 species in 50
families. Many of these families have been erected or reorganized in the last few years since …

A multilocus approach to harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) phylogeny with emphasis on biogeography and the systematics of Laniatores

G Giribet, L Vogt, AP Gonzalez, P Sharma, AB Kury - Cladistics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The internal phylogeny of the arachnid order Opiliones is investigated by including
molecular data from five molecular markers for ca. 140 species totalling 43 families of …

Biogeography of the world: a case study from cyphophthalmid Opiliones, a globally distributed group of arachnids

SL Boyer, RM Clouse, LR Benavides… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To test the hypothesis that continental drift drives diversification of organisms through
vicariance, we selected a group of primitive arachnids which originated before the break‐up …

Deep genetic divergences in Aoraki denticulata (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi): a widespread 'mite harvestman' defies DNA taxonomy

SL Boyer, JM Baker, G Giribet - Molecular Ecology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aoraki denticulata (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae), a widespread
'mite harvestman'endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, is found in leaf littler habitats …

Evolutionary and biogeographical history of an ancient and global group of arachnids (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi) with a new taxonomic arrangement

G Giribet, PP Sharma, LR Benavides… - Biological Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the phylogeny, biogeography, time of origin and diversification, ancestral
area reconstruction and large-scale distributional patterns of an ancient group of arachnids …

An ant genus-group (Prenolepis) illuminates the biogeography and drivers of insect diversification in the Indo-Pacific

P Matos-Maraví, RM Clouse, EM Sarnat… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Malay Archipelago and the tropical South Pacific (hereafter the Indo-Pacific
region) are considered biodiversity hotspots, yet a general understanding of the origins and …

When Thailand was an island–the phylogeny and biogeography of mite harvestmen (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Stylocellidae) in Southeast Asia

RM Clouse, G Giribet - Journal of Biogeography, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To develop a comprehensive explanation for the biological diversity of Southeast Asia,
especially in the Wallacea and Sundaland regions. This study focuses on a group of …

A well‐resolved transcriptomic phylogeny of the mite harvestman family Pettalidae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) reveals signatures of Gondwanan …

CM Baker, SL Boyer, G Giribet - Journal of Biogeography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We explored the extent to which Gondwanan vicariance contributed to the circum‐
Antarctic distribution of the mite harvestman family Pettalidae, a group of small, dispersal …

A morphometrics‐based phylogeny of the temperate Gondwanan mite harvestmen (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae)

BL De Bivort, RM Clouse… - Journal of Zoological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A phylogenetic estimation of the temperate Gondwanan mite harvestman family Pettalidae
(Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) was conducted using 143 morphological variables …

Sandokanid phylogeny based on eight molecular markers—the evolution of a southeast Asian endemic family of Laniatores (Arachnida, Opiliones)

P Sharma, G Giribet - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2009 - Elsevier
Little is known about the familial and generic level phylogeny of Laniatores, the most diverse
suborder of Opiliones. We investigated the internal phylogeny of the family Sandokanidae …